What is never10.exe?

never10.exe is part of Never10, by Steve Gibson and developed by Gibson Research Corp., Laguna Niguel, California, USA. according to the never10.exe version information.

never10.exe's description is "Never10 - Control automatic OS upgrading."

never10.exe is digitally signed by Gibson Research Corporation.

never10.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\onedrive for business 1\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected never10.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on never10.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNever10, by Steve Gibson
Company nameGibson Research Corp., Laguna Niguel, California, USA.
File descriptionNever10 - Control automatic OS upgrading.
Internal nameNever10.exe
Original filenameNever10.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003 Gibson Research Corp.
Product version1.3.1
File version1.3.1

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

Product nameNever10, by Steve Gibson
Company nameGibson Research Corp., Laguna Niguel..
File descriptionNever10 - Control automatic OS upgra..
Internal nameNever10.exe
Original filenameNever10.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2003 Gibson Research Co..
Product version1.3.1
File version1.3.1

Digital signatures [?]

never10.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGibson Research Corporation
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number041c39700c9e317d9ef52cb77d6ac3e7

VirusTotal report

2 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the never10.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Paloalto generic.pup
TheHacker Posible_Worm32
2 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the never10.exe file.

never10.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove never10.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the never10.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that never10.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 never10.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the never10.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 never10.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\onedrive for business 1\never10.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the never10.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If never10.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If never10.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If never10.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 never10.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
MD5155bae581ef68e8ee19709cf519035a3
SHA25611aa7555af7d5d709aab1fa933a650e2c972898b1f28627f30d6b0af179ccffd

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to never10.exe:

never10.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

never10.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.

Never10 - Control automatic OS upgrading. has stopped working.

End Program - never10.exe. This program is not responding.

never10.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

never10.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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