What is purexm.dll?

purexm.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected purexm.dll.

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VirusTotal report

25 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the purexm.dll file. That's a 38% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C2593237
Arcabit	Trojan.Symmi.D13533
Avira	TR/ATRAPS.Gen4
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/S-5ec9656f!Eldorado
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/TrojanProxy.Agent.OBS
F-Prot	W32/S-5ec9656f!Eldorado
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155
Fortinet	W32/Agent.OBS!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155
Invincea	heuristic
MAX	malware (ai score=82)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Symmi.79155
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.MlwGen.ffwisn
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM40.1.DF77.Malware.Gen
Rising	Trojan.Proxy-Agent!8.16D (RDM+:cmRtazrXz6TxJUTWkfMsSUYK2lGp)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence

purexm.dll removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\purexm.dll

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

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

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