What is lpr.exe?

lpr.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

39 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the lpr.exe file. That's a 70% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
Agnitum	Trojan.DL.Adcurl!
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Gen
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Graftor.D2D3E6
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Downloader.Generic14.TUC
Avira	TR/Dldr.Agent.417792.3
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Adcurl.D
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Trojan.ENHW-1704
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Adcurl.D
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
Fortinet	W32/Adcurl.D!tr.dldr
GData	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adcurl
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.Agent.frjx
K7AntiVirus	Trojan-Downloader ( 004be3541 )
K7GW	Trojan-Downloader ( 004be3541 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.wsiqu
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Downloader
McAfee	RDN/Downloader.a!vt
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Downloader.a!vt
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Graftor.185318
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Agent.dredmf
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-downloader.Agent.Tafe
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R01TC0EFM15
VBA32	TrojanDownloader.Agent.abcxu
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.417792.JS[h]
Zillya	Trojan.Adcurl.Win32.1

lpr.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Windows\lpr.exe

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

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

Filename variants

lpr.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• rtz.exe
• bea.exe
• bun.exe
• czb.exe
• gxy.exe
• mxs.exe
• auo.exe
• fzv.exe
• hie.exe
• lzw.exe
• wqs.exe
• xhq.exe
• zri.exe

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