What is inv.exe?

inv.exe is part of Tor Browser and developed by Mozilla Corporation according to the inv.exe version information.

inv.exe's description is "Tor Browser"

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

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

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on inv.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameTor Browser
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionTor Browser
Internal nameTor Browser
Original filenamefirefox.exe
Legal copyright©Firefox and Mozilla Developers; available under the MPL 2 license.
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.
Product version45.7.0
File version45.7.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameTor Browser
Company nameMozilla Corporation
File descriptionTor Browser
Internal nameTor Browser
Original filenamefirefox.exe
Legal copyright©Firefox and Mozilla Developers; av..
Legal trademarkFirefox is a Trademark of The Mozill..
Product version45.7.0
File version45.7.0

Digital signatures [?]

inv.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

46 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the inv.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
AegisLab Backdoor.W32.Agent!c
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/FCN.140610
ALYac Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.D3C2D0
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira TR/Kryptik.fekya
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
CAT-QuickHeal Backdoor.Agent
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Cybereason malicious.50a7f3
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.KPCP-3678
DrWeb Trojan.MulDrop.1161
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.OWM
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
Fortinet W32/Agent!tr.bdr
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00537bdc1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00537bdc1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Agent.gen
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack
MAX malware (ai score=97)
McAfee Generic.dwa
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.cc
Microsoft TrojanDropper:Win32/Joiner.AJ
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.246480
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.ffjskg
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Backdoor.6e0
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R020C0DGH18
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R020C0DGH18
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.MSIL
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Zusy.172032.LX
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Agent.gen
46 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the inv.exe file.

inv.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove inv.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the inv.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that inv.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate inv.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the inv.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 inv.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\inv.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the inv.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If inv.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If inv.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If inv.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 inv.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD530b252750a7f3380f9544b814ee75d20
SHA256cf2d5c5fa586db8bc54675da96c994ff35739befac836e321e36581554a1d086

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to inv.exe:

inv.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

inv.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Tor Browser has stopped working.

End Program - inv.exe. This program is not responding.

inv.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

inv.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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