What is io.exe?

io.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System according to the io.exe version information.

io.exe's description is "XPS Viewer"

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

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

37 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the io.exe file. That's a 56% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078
AhnLab-V3	Backdoor/Win32.Keylogger.C2645693
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D267DC76
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win32:Trojan-gen
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9967
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-6632677-0
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.d0e798
Cyren	W32/Kryptik.HF.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Stealer.19347
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.PCF
F-Prot	W32/Kryptik.HF.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.PCF!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Agent
Invincea	heuristic
Kaspersky	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Autit.bfj
Malwarebytes	Spyware.AgentTesla
McAfee	Packed-FKA!4CAFF59A57BC
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!bit
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.40361078
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.E8A5.Malware.Gen
Rising	Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan Horse
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Pgdr
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0802
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Autit.bfj

io.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\io.exe

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

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

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