What is pps.exe?

pps.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\baidu\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

27 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pps.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Downloader.YA
Agnitum	Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent
Arcabit	Application.Downloader.YA
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Generic36.BTLY
Avira	TR/HideBaid.77824
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.HideBaid.L
BitDefender	Application.Downloader.YA
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Application.DSRQ-8472
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen6.42230
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/HideBaid.L potentially unwanted
Fortinet	Riskware/HideBaid
GData	Application.Downloader.YA
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
McAfee	RDN/Generic.dx
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic.dx
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Downloader.YA
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Siggen6.dufloe
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Sophos	Generic PUA DO (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R03EC0EHI15
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

pps.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Program Files (x86)\baidu\pps.exe

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

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

Folder name variants

pps.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\baidu\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Program Files\baidu\

Error Messages

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with pps.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 22 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with pps.exe.

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