What is import.exe?

import.exe is part of VMware Tools and developed by VMware, Inc. according to the import.exe version information.

import.exe's description is "Default Host Application"

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

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

26 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the import.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498
Agnitum	Trojan.Inject!aMpJ2fDzsqs
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Inject
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2C7CAA
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Inject3.SZH
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Inject.vnom
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498
Bkav	HW32.Packed.7DE3
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader18.4882
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Filecoder.FJ
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Filecoder
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Inject.vnom
Malwarebytes	Ransom.CryptoWall
McAfee	Artemis!19797E6F12DE
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dh
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Crowti.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.2915498
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos	Troj/Ransom-BTD
Symantec	Trojan.Cryptodefense
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_CRYPWALL.SMB2

import.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\import.exe

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

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

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