What is mcdhqjef.exe?

mcdhqjef.exe is part of Offercast - APN Install Manager and developed by Ask.com according to the mcdhqjef.exe version information.

mcdhqjef.exe's description is "Offercast - APN Install Manager"

mcdhqjef.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

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

33 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mcdhqjef.exe file. That's a 60% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97
Agnitum	Trojan.Injector!GKOfUq+1TPs
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic
AVG	Generic_vb.QZ
Avira	TR/Agent.cada.29835
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.Injector.AYQX
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97
Bkav	HW32.Paked.2A18
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Trojan.NCZN-3375
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Injector.BALB
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97
GData	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8a1 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8a1 )
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent.RND
McAfee	Artemis!0A0C882A7F28
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Autorun.cc
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/Vbcrypt
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Jaiks.97
Norman	Troj_Generic.SWHHR
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/Malware.QVM19.Gen
Sophos	Mal/VBCheMan-C
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Agent.Duy
TrendMicro	TROJ_SPNR.06C714
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SPNR.06C714
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

mcdhqjef.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\mcdhqjef.exe

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

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

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