What is mwhs.exe?

mwhs.exe is part of ®Microsoft® Windows® Operating System according to the mwhs.exe version information.

mwhs.exe's description is "Microsoft Windows Health Security"

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

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

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VirusTotal report

43 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mwhs.exe file. That's a 63% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
AegisLab	Troj.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C2472724
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASVCS3S.1E5
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D36B71
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Downloader.qpztz
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IGENERIC
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cyren	W32/Trojan.WLKW-2671
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader26.38940
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/TrojanDownloader.Autoit.OLO
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
Fortinet	W32/Generic!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.AutoIt
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 700000111 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 700000111 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
MAX	malware (ai score=98)
McAfee	RDN/Generic Downloader.x
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.DownloadSponsor.fc
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.30632817
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit.falpcd
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Generic.Pdwe
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R011C0PDL18
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R011C0PDL18
VBA32	Trojan.SelfDel
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Zoner	Trojan.Starter

mwhs.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\mwhs.exe

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

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

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