What is mal.exe?

mal.exe is part of ncH SOFTware and developed by PIRIform lTD according to the mal.exe version information.

mal.exe's description is "HEWLett-PACKard ci."

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

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

44 of the 64 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mal.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.30958315
AegisLab	Uds.Dangerousobject.Multi!c
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Fareit.R229938
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.30958315
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.Androm
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D862EB
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9991
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.30958315
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IGENERIC
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cyren	W32/VBInject.PA.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23680
Emsisoft	Trojan.Injector (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.DYOU
F-Prot	W32/VBInject.PA.gen!Eldorado
Fortinet	W32/Injector.DYOU!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.30958315
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Injector
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0053422d1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0053422d1 )
Kaspersky	Backdoor.Win32.Androm.pzqs
Malwarebytes	Spyware.PasswordStealer
MAX	malware (ai score=95)
McAfee	VBObfus.m
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Fareit.jh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Vibem!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.30958315
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Androm.fecert
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.C6C1.Malware.Gen
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/FareitVB-N
Symantec	Trojan Horse
Tencent	Win32.Backdoor.Androm.Dumd
VBA32	BScope.Backdoor.Androm
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Backdoor.Androm!QjPtfuGzhJg
Zillya	Backdoor.Androm.Win32.51967
ZoneAlarm	Backdoor.Win32.Androm.pzqs

mal.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\mal.exe

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

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

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