What is protea.exe?

protea.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\' folder.

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

20 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the protea.exe file. That's a 29% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AegisLab	Troj.Spy.W32.Recam!c
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/AD.Inject.htnhv
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cyren	W32/Trojan.XYTA-0059
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Spy.Weecnaw.A
Fortinet	W32/Injector.DSHM!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.XL85YC
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Injector
Invincea	heuristic
Kaspersky	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Recam.ajtd
McAfee	Artemis!56EC7C414CC0
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Ransom.cc
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Spy.5ec
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V1130
Webroot	Trojan.Dropper.Gen
ZoneAlarm	Trojan-Spy.Win32.Recam.ajtd

protea.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\protea.exe

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

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

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