What is pid.exe?

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

pid.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

pid.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

53 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pid.exe file. That's a 80% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Agent.CZBR
AegisLab Troj.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Delphiless.Exp
ALYac Trojan.Agent.651776
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Crypt
Arcabit Trojan.Agent.CZBR
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira DR/Delphi.papfk
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Babable Malware.HighConfidence
BitDefender Trojan.Agent.CZBR
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
ClamAV Win.Dropper.Fareit-6544485-0
Comodo .UnclassifiedMalware
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.JOPB-4563
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23830
Emsisoft Trojan.Agent.CZBR (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.DXYN
F-Prot W32/Injector.GPU
F-Secure Trojan.Agent.CZBR
Fortinet W32/Injector.DXPP!tr
GData Trojan.Agent.CZBR
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.Injector
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes Trojan.Injector
MAX malware (ai score=96)
McAfee GenericRXFE-IC!7E9C69308490
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Fareit.jh
Microsoft VirTool:Win32/CeeInject
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Agent.CZBR
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Stealer.fbqpri
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM05.1.24D1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Mal/Fareit-Q
Symantec Trojan Horse
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Aljg
TrendMicro TSPY_HPLOKI.SMBD
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_HPLOKI.SMBD
VBA32 Trojan.Crypt
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Injector.672768.BZ
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex Trojan.Agent!CfryU8aTl/I
Zillya Trojan.Chisburg.Win32.3284
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Zoner Trojan.Symmi
53 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the pid.exe file.

pid.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove pid.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the pid.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that pid.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 pid.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the pid.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 pid.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\pid.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the pid.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If pid.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If pid.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If pid.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 pid.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
MD57e9c69308490b2503bafc001aa67c52c
SHA256fea5981758908505335a8b490c95f199294d0029bed9dbbc23fc90899828a6fc

Error Messages

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

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

pid.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.

pid.exe has stopped working.

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

pid.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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