What is meterpreter-exe.exe?

meterpreter-exe.exe is part of Apache HTTP Server and developed by Apache Software Foundation according to the meterpreter-exe.exe version information.

meterpreter-exe.exe's description is "ApacheBench command line utility"

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameApache HTTP Server
Company nameApache Software Foundation
File descriptionApacheBench command line utility
Internal nameab.exe
Original filenameab.exe
CommentsLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
Product version2.2.14
File version2.2.14

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

Product nameApache HTTP Server
Company nameApache Software Foundation
File descriptionApacheBench command line utility
Internal nameab.exe
Original filenameab.exe
CommentsLicensed under the Apache License, V..
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009 The Apache Software F..
Product version2.2.14
File version2.2.14

Digital signatures [?]

meterpreter-exe.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

42 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the meterpreter-exe.exe file. That's a 75% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031
AegisLab Troj.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Shell
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.Elzob.D1F5F
Avast Win32:SwPatch [Wrm]
AVG Agent
AVware Trojan.Win32.Swrort.B (v)
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9998
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Swrort.A
ClamAV Win.Trojan.MSShellcode-7
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Rozena.A
Cyren W32/Swrort.A.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Swrort.1
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Rozena.AP
F-Prot W32/Swrort.A.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031
Fortinet W32/Swrort.C!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031
Ikarus Exploit.PDF
K7AntiVirus Backdoor ( 04c4f2131 )
K7GW Backdoor ( 04c4f2131 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes Backdoor.Bot.Gen
McAfee Swrort.h
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Swrort.lh
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.Elzob.8031
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Gen-Crypt.ccnc
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Rising HackTool.Swrort!1.6477
Sophos Mal/EncPk-ACE
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Backdoor-PoisonIvy
Symantec Packed.Generic.347
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Hvjh
TrendMicro BKDR_SWRORT.SM
TrendMicro-HouseCall BKDR_SWRORT.SM
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Swrort.B (v)
Yandex Trojan.Rosena.Gen.1
42 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the meterpreter-exe.exe file.

meterpreter-exe.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove meterpreter-exe.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the meterpreter-exe.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that meterpreter-exe.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 meterpreter-exe.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the meterpreter-exe.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 meterpreter-exe.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\meterpreter-exe.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the meterpreter-exe.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If meterpreter-exe.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If meterpreter-exe.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If meterpreter-exe.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 meterpreter-exe.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
MD597bd63dfe30dde2851ffe018e7be4e16
SHA2565e55ed299062889a964dd04a9e511116215237e18357122af275679c6cfc18b7

Error Messages

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

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

meterpreter-exe.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.

ApacheBench command line utility has stopped working.

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

meterpreter-exe.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with the file?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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