What is pa.exe?

pa.exe is part of NetframeworkIndicating and developed by Company according to the pa.exe version information.

pa.exe's description is "Verbose Partially Anything Theoretically Blessed"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pa.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameNetframeworkIndicating
Company nameCompany
File descriptionVerbose Partially Anything Theoretically Blessed
Internal nameNetframeworkIndicating
Original filenameNetframeworkIndicating.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ©.Company All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkCopyright ©.Company All rights reserved.
Product version4.5.5.89

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

Product nameNetframeworkIndicating
Company nameCompany
File descriptionVerbose Partially Anything Theoretic..
Internal nameNetframeworkIndicating
Original filenameNetframeworkIndicating.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ©.Company All rights res..
Legal trademarkCopyright ©.Company All rights res..
Product version4.5.5.89

Digital signatures [?]

pa.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

42 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pa.exe file. That's a 75% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
AegisLab Uds.Dangerousobject.Multi!c
Agnitum Trojan.PWS.Fareit!QE95u7USaRc
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Kotver
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D29ACB6
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Zbot.AHFZ
Avira TR/Crypt.Xpack.278793
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.Fareit.A
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Generic.B4
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/Trojan.ONNK-4812
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.4118
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.2731190 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/PSW.Fareit.A
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
Fortinet W32/Fareit.A!tr.pws
GData Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.PSW
K7AntiVirus Password-Stealer ( 003bbfec1 )
K7GW Password-Stealer ( 003bbfec1 )
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Malwarebytes Spyware.Dyre
McAfee RDN/Generic.dx
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareRugo.fc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Dynamer!ac
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Stealer.dxcumx
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.2731190
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Crypt.Hwmx
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R01TC0DIK15
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Fareit.356352.C[h]
Zillya Trojan.Fareit.Win32.11619
42 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the pa.exe file.

pa.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove pa.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the pa.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that pa.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 pa.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the pa.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 pa.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\pa.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the pa.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If pa.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If pa.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If pa.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 pa.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
MD598dffc9870c3f76688655adc53ddf099
SHA2566cee0ea49ba8b4c3b3a97e2412f96a23e6f557956dad84c6fa06287b11d199c4

Error Messages

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

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

pa.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.

Verbose Partially Anything Theoretically Blessed has stopped working.

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

pa.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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