What is ins.exe?

ins.exe is part of setup and developed by @ according to the ins.exe version information.

ins.exe's description is "setup_file"

ins.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

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

25 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ins.exe file. That's a 46% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
Agnitum	PUA.OutBrowse!
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
AntiVir	APPL/Downloader.Gen
AVG	Skodna.Bundle_c.EZ
BitDefender	Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
Commtouch	W32/Trojan.LXCY-1067
DrWeb	Adware.Bho.4027
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/OutBrowse.D
F-Secure	Application.Bundler.Outbrowse
Fortinet	Riskware/OutBrowse
GData	Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
Ikarus	PUA.Bundler.Outbrowse
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 004768891 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 004768891 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent.bvbo
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Bundler.Outbrowse.E
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Bho.dazuke
Panda	Trj/Chgt.A
Qihoo-360	Trojan.Generic
Symantec	SecurityRisk.Downldr
TotalDefense	Win32/VB.SWVJQEB
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.0BGA14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.0BGA14
VBA32	Downloader.Agent

ins.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\ins.exe

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

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

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