What is homegroup.exe?

homegroup.exe's description is " " according to the homegroup.exe version information.

homegroup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\homegrouplistener\' folder.

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

VirusTotal report

14 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the homegroup.exe file. That's a 25% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D2404C
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Zusy.34304.19
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532 (B)
ESET-NOD32	MSIL/Agent.QOJ
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
McAfee	Artemis!67FAE824642F
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.SpyGate.nm
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.147532
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.18E7F293!417854099

homegroup.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\homegrouplistener\homegroup.exe

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

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

Filename variants

homegroup.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

• base.exe
• host.exe
• microsoft.exe
• módulos.exe
• network.exe
• program.exe
• remote.exe
• security.exe

Folder name variants

homegroup.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\homegrouplistener\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\networkconnections\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\basefiltering\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\microsoftpassporttrol\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\programcompatibility\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\remoteaccess\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\securitycenter\
• C:\Users\night\AppData\Local\Hostdel\
• c:\users\night\appdata\local\mdulosde\

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