What is mrd.exe?

mrd.exe is part of Skype and developed by Skype Technologies S.A. according to the mrd.exe version information.

mrd.exe's description is "Skype Setup"

mrd.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mrd.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

45 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mrd.exe file. That's a 65% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Razy.460079
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C3025366
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Razy.460079
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Backdoor]/MSIL.NanoBot
Arcabit	Trojan.Razy.D7052F
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen2
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Razy.460079
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.MSIL
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.5581d0
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.JYPW-7769
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen7.63254
Emsisoft	Trojan.Crypt (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.QSG
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/Dropper.Gen2
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.QSM!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Razy.460079
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 00546fbb1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 00546fbb1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.NanoBot.gen
Malwarebytes	Trojan.BitCoinClipStealer
McAfee	Packed-FQK!F2530B49D6B1
McAfee-GW-Edition	Packed-FQK!F2530B49D6B1
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Razy.460079
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.fmtznj
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Backdoor.BO.5c9
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine	malicious.moderate.ml.score
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WB719
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0WB719
Webroot	W32.Trojan.TR.Dropper.Gen2
Yandex	Trojan.Kryptik!OlzTlKNK6xk
Zillya	Backdoor.NanoBot.Win32.45
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Backdoor.MSIL.NanoBot.gen

mrd.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mrd.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mrd.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mrd.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 mrd.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mrd.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 mrd.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\mrd.exe

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

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mrd.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mrd.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If mrd.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 mrd.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Filename variants

mrd.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• imm.exe

Error Messages

• Privacy Policy