What is proxy_web_plugin.exe?

proxy_web_plugin.exe is developed by Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. according to the proxy_web_plugin.exe version information.

proxy_web_plugin.exe's description is "COM Surrogate"

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

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

35 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the proxy_web_plugin.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
AegisLab	Troj.Generickd!c
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic
ALYac	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.DFC9DDF
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Atros3.AKAD
Avira	BDS/Poison.mggy
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
CAT-QuickHeal	Backdoor.Poison.r4
Cyren	W32/Trojan.NVBO-6512
Emsisoft	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Poison.NHJ
F-Secure	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
Fortinet	W32/Poison.NHJ!tr
GData	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
Ikarus	Backdoor.Win32.Poison
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0032ce791 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0032ce791 )
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee	RDN/Generic BackDoor
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PWSZbot.ct
Microsoft	Backdoor:Win32/Poison!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Dropped:Trojan.Generic.16555487
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Poison.ecvoek
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.97a
Sophos	Troj/Mdrop-HGY
Symantec	Backdoor.Psiload
Tencent	Win32.Backdoor.Poison.Akew
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0CCC0DDU16
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex	Trojan.Poison!wE+wQchAkFw
Zillya	Trojan.Poison.Win32.3643

proxy_web_plugin.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\proxy_web_plugin.exe

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

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

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