What is mspass.exe?

mspass.exe is part of MessenPass and developed by NirSoft according to the mspass.exe version information.

mspass.exe's description is "IM Password Recovery"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mspass.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 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mspass.exe file. That's a 59% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3	Unwanted/Win32.Passview
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[PSWTool:not-a-virus]/Win32.Messen
Arcabit	Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
Avast	Win32:PassView-V [PUP]
AVG	PasswordViewer.E
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
CAT-QuickHeal	HackTool.Mspass.W4
Comodo	ApplicUnsaf.Win32.PSWTool.Messen.SG
DrWeb	Tool.PassView.356
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/MPass.B potentially unsafe
F-Secure	Gen:Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
Fortinet	Riskware/PassView
GData	Gen:Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
K7AntiVirus	Hacktool ( 000047b11 )
K7GW	Hacktool ( 000047b11 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Messen.sa
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee	Artemis!DF218168BF83
McAfee-GW-Edition	Tool-PassView
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Application.Heur.emKfkOTC9tdO
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.PassView.dffttm
Sophos	NirSoft (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	HackTool/Gen-MessengerPass
Symantec	PasswordRevealer
TheHacker	Posible_Worm32
TrendMicro	HKTL_PASSVIEW
TrendMicro-HouseCall	HKTL_PASSVIEW
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.66048.BX[h]
Zillya	Tool.Messen.Win32.612

mspass.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

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

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

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

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