What is p2p.exe?

p2p.exe is part of svchost.exe and developed by svchost according to the p2p.exe version information.

p2p.exe's description is "svchost"

p2p.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected p2p.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.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on p2p.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namesvchost.exe
Company namesvchost
File descriptionsvchost
Product version3.3.0.1
File version3.3.0.1

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

Product namesvchost.exe
Company namesvchost
File descriptionsvchost
Product version3.3.0.1
File version3.3.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

p2p.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

49 of the 58 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the p2p.exe file. That's a 84% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
AegisLab Troj.Dropper.W32.Injector!c
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic.N1843405561
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Dropper]/Win32.Injector
Arcabit Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
Avast Win32:Rofin-A [Trj]
AVG Generic37.DEP
Avira TR/Crypt.FKM.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9999
BitDefender Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
Bkav W32.Cloda4b.Trojan.4a55
CAT-QuickHeal TrojanDropper.Injector
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Ascii_115_238_251_56-1
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_98% (W)
Cyren W32/Downloader.I.gen!Eldorado
Emsisoft Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj (B)
F-Prot W32/Downloader.I.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
Fortinet W32/Injector.NUDO!tr
GData Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector
Invincea backdoor.win32.zegost.q
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Injector.bdjw
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Injector.nudo
Malwarebytes Trojan.Dropper
McAfee Generic.bfr
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.HLLPPhilis.nc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!bit
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.fmKfXCDIycnj
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.FKM.dzhvgy
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Dropper.775
Rising Trojan.Generic-J3afoYozjoP (Cloud)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Falcomp
Symantec Heur.AdvML.B
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TheHacker Posible_Worm32
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R023C0DGF16
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R023C0DGF16
VBA32 suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Injector.97792.Z[h]
Yandex Trojan.DR.Injector!mACKVbLiJFk
Zillya Dropper.Injector.Win32.74438
49 of the 58 anti-virus programs detected the p2p.exe file.

p2p.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove p2p.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the p2p.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that p2p.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 p2p.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the p2p.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 p2p.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\p2p.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the p2p.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If p2p.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If p2p.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If p2p.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 p2p.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
MD5c74649d22f6416cbeeb48c1b14f6ed1f
SHA256ef794b9a3b72ae5524e17ecccf330eb16f2cc74f3e7fe7cb2667acefdea4b3a3

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to p2p.exe:

p2p.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

p2p.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.

svchost has stopped working.

End Program - p2p.exe. This program is not responding.

p2p.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

p2p.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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