What is ms05038.exe?

ms05038.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ms05038.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

ms05038.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

ms05038.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

49 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ms05038.exe file. That's a 86% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.2007620
AegisLab Exploit.W32.MS05-038.e!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Xema.N2905980
ALYac Trojan.Generic.2007620
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Exploit]/Win32.MS05-038
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1EA244
Avast Win32:MS05-038-A [Expl]
AVG Exploit.YD
Avira TR/Expl.MS05-038.E
AVware Trojan.Unclassified.gen
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.2007620
Bkav W32.Clode91.Trojan.285b
CAT-QuickHeal Exploit.MS05-038.r3
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Ms05-11
CMC Generic.Win32.a2e9d69078!MD
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Exploit.MS05-038.e
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_99% (D)
Cyren W32/Agent.FRQD-2089
DrWeb Trojan.Infos
Emsisoft Trojan.Generic.2007620 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Exploit.MS05-038.E
F-Prot W32/AgentX.QE
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.2007620
Fortinet W32/MS05_038.E!exploit
GData Trojan.Generic.2007620
Ikarus Exploit.Win32.MS05
Jiangmin Exploit.d
K7AntiVirus Exploit ( 04c55c9a1 )
K7GW Exploit ( 04c55c9a1 )
Kaspersky Exploit.Win32.MS05-038.e
Kingsoft Win32.Hack.ExpMs05-038.(kcloud)
McAfee Generic.dp
McAfee-GW-Edition Generic.dp
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.2007620
NANO-Antivirus Exploit.Win32.MS05038.lvki
Panda Hacktool/MS05-38
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.ec6
Rising Trojan.Generic-v6nFKT3edCC (cloud)
Sophos Mal/Generic-L
Symantec Trojan.Packed.NsAnti
Tencent Win32.Exploit.Ms05-038.Lnob
TheHacker Trojan/Exploit.MS05-038.e
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0EGA16
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0EGA16
VBA32 Exploit.MS05038
VIPRE Trojan.Unclassified.gen
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.A.EX-MS05-038.57504[h]
Yandex Trojan.Expl!2/d76f99kLM
Zillya Exploit.MS05.Win32.68
49 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the ms05038.exe file.

ms05038.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ms05038.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ms05038.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ms05038.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 ms05038.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ms05038.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 ms05038.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ms05038.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ms05038.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ms05038.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ms05038.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ms05038.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 ms05038.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
MD5a2e9d690789357a26c2cbe70a72ef5e4
SHA256cc24685e0ecfbf0eae22b59276ab096421578525fb9c067024f87da2d2e66ad2

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to ms05038.exe:

ms05038.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ms05038.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.

ms05038.exe has stopped working.

End Program - ms05038.exe. This program is not responding.

ms05038.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

ms05038.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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