What is msrun.exe?

msrun.exe is usually located in the 'c:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

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

34 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msrun.exe file. That's a 74% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	TrojanSpy.Golns!KIVb99bEFWM
AhnLab-V3	Spyware/Win32.Golns
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Golns.gen
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	PSW.Generic8.CPAN
BitDefender	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.6590142
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanSpy.Golns.s.cw3
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Spy.14381
Emsisoft	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.6590142 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Rootkit.Agent.NQA
F-Secure	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.6590142
Fortinet	W32/Malware_fam.NB
GData	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.6590142
Ikarus	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Golns
Jiangmin	TrojanSpy.Golns.i
K7AntiVirus	Spyware
K7GW	Spyware
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Golns.s
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Agent
McAfee	Generic.dx!6CAEB11136DE
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.dx!6CAEB11136DE
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Resmu.A
MicroWorld-eScan	MemScan:Trojan.Generic.6590142
Norman	Clicker.FT
nProtect	Trojan-Clicker/W32.Small.4128.B
Sophos	Mal/Generic-L
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
TheHacker	Trojan/Spy.Golns.s
TotalDefense	Win32/Tnega.AGEL
TrendMicro	TROJ_SMALL.QJ
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_SMALL.QJ
VBA32	TrojanSpy.Golns
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.A.Golns.4128

msrun.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\WINDOWS\system32\msrun.exe

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

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with msrun.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with msrun.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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