What is index.exe?

index.exe is part of Opera, Portable Edition and developed by PortableApps.com according to the index.exe version information.

index.exe's description is "Opera, Portable Edition (PortableApps.com Launcher)"

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

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

30 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the index.exe file. That's a 55% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
AegisLab	Troj.Ransom.W32.Cryptodef!c
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D2F072A
AVG	Crypt5.ANBT
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
Bkav	HW32.Packed.3EE1
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader19.40535
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.EQDF
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
Fortinet	Malicious_Behavior.VEX.99
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7GW	Trojan ( 004dfec61 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Cryptodef.adgx
Malwarebytes	Ransom.FileCryptor
McAfee	Artemis!D48EB0047F90
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.dh
Microsoft	Ransom:Win32/Crowti.A
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.3082026
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Rising	PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F]
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TrendMicro	Ransom_CRYPWALL.JS
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Ransom_CRYPWALL.JS
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

index.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\index.exe

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

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

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