What is hotswap.exe?

hotswap.exe is part of Button TC #12.4 and developed by Company 'gora-sah' according to the hotswap.exe version information.

hotswap.exe's description is "7z SFX archive tool. The last version of 'Button' you can find on http://buttontc.7zsfx.info"

hotswap.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\assembly\gac_32\policy.1.0.microsoft.ink\6.1.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\kcmil\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected hotswap.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

33 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hotswap.exe file. That's a 59% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.2357989
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Kazy.605314
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Inject2.CBBW
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.iBryte.DGZD
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.2357989
Bkav	HW32.Packed.32FC
Cyren	W32/Trojan.FULY-2060
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.2357989 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.DGZD
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Kazy.605314
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.DGZD!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.2357989
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004c0f721 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004c0f721 )
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent.ED
McAfee	RDN/Generic.grp!ii
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic.grp!ii
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Nymaim.F
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.2357989
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Rising	PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Crypt.Ijf
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R047C0DE615
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R047C0DE615
VBA32	Trojan.FakeAV.3821
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

hotswap.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hotswap.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hotswap.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hotswap.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate hotswap.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hotswap.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate hotswap.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\windows\assembly\gac_32\pol...ink\6.1.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\kcmil\hotswap.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hotswap.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hotswap.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hotswap.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If hotswap.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that hotswap.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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