What is low.exe?

low.exe is part of WinPcap and developed by CACE Technologies, Inc. according to the low.exe version information.

low.exe's description is "Remote Packet Capture Daemon"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected low.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 low.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWinPcap
Company nameCACE Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionRemote Packet Capture Daemon
Internal namerpcapd
Original filenamerpcapd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2005-2010 CACE Technologies. Copyright © 2003-2005 NetGroup, Politecnico di Torino.
Product version4.1.0.2001
File version4.1.0.2001

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

Product nameWinPcap
Company nameCACE Technologies, Inc.
File descriptionRemote Packet Capture Daemon
Internal namerpcapd
Original filenamerpcapd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2005-2010 CACE Technolo..
Product version4.1.0.2001
File version4.1.0.2001

Digital signatures [?]

low.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

46 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the low.exe file. That's a 70% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Agent.CXXH
AegisLab Backdoor.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic.C2472108
ALYac Trojan.Agent.CXXH
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Agent.CXXH
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira DR/Delphi.mrtrd
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.Agent.CXXH
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.QOHB-8571
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.17779
Emsisoft Trojan.Agent.CXXH (B)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.DXKM
F-Prot W32/Trojan3.AMEP
F-Secure Trojan.Agent.CXXH
Fortinet W32/Delf.JF!tr
GData Trojan.Agent.CXXH
Ikarus Trojan.Inject
Jiangmin Backdoor.Androm.yjj
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
MAX malware (ai score=99)
McAfee Artemis!F6F4D2D5F2F0
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.fc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Dynamer!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Agent.CXXH
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Crypt.faizer
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Backdoor.d55
Sophos Mal/Fareit-Q
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Backdoor.Generic.Egee
TrendMicro TSPY_HPLOKI.SMALY1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_HPLOKI.SMALY1
VBA32 BScope.TrojanPSW.Stealer
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Injector.338944.E
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Generic
Zoner Trojan.Injector
46 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the low.exe file.

low.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove low.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the low.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that low.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 low.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the low.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 low.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\low.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the low.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If low.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If low.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If low.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 low.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
MD5f6f4d2d5f2f036a1af705a59935431b1
SHA2565551c5adb837449e47e40ce47888f3c6efedbf6b9c6757bd897dcc64cbb085ae

Error Messages

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

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

low.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.

Remote Packet Capture Daemon has stopped working.

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

low.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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