What is scugdPE.dll?

scugdPE.dll is part of Cygwin and developed by Red Hat according to the scugdPE.dll version information.

scugdPE.dll's description is "Cygwin® POSIX Emulation DLL"

scugdPE.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Users\Aaron\AppData\Local\' folder.

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

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.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on scugdPE.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameCygwin
Company nameRed Hat
File descriptionCygwin® POSIX Emulation DLL
Internal namecygwin1.dll
Original filenamecygwin1.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © Red Hat, Inc. 1996-2003
Product version1.5.6
File version1.5.6

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameCygwin
Company nameRed Hat
File descriptionCygwin® POSIX Emulation DLL
Internal namecygwin1.dll
Original filenamecygwin1.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright © Red Hat, Inc. 1996-2003
Product version1.5.6
File version1.5.6

Digital signatures [?]

scugdPE.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

34 of the 44 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the scugdPE.dll file. That's a 77% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Trojan.DL.Mufanom!zbSZM9rc6S8
AhnLab-V3 Downloader/Win32.Mufanom
AntiVir TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Avast Win32:MalOb-CB [Cryp]
AVG Agent2.CIMS
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.5667367
Commtouch W32/Hiloti.P.gen!Eldorado
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb Trojan.Hiloti.based.2
Emsisoft Trojan.Agent2!IK
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Cimag.GG
F-Prot W32/Hiloti.P.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.5667367
GData Trojan.Generic.5667367
Ikarus Trojan.Agent2
Jiangmin TrojanDownloader.Mufanom.una
K7AntiVirus Riskware
Kaspersky Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Mufanom.bdaq
Kingsoft Win32.Malware.Heur_Generic.B.(kcloud)
McAfee Hiloti.gen.t
McAfee-GW-Edition Hiloti.gen.t
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Hiloti.gen!D
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.5667367
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.KDKJQ
nProtect Trojan-Downloader/W32.Mufanom.91648.B
Panda Trj/Hiloti.AC
PCTools Trojan.Zefarch
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.128487B1
Sophos Mal/Hiloti-D
Symantec Trojan.Zefarch
TheHacker Trojan/Downloader.Mufanom.bdaq
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.RCBOCHN
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_HILOTI.SMAX
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Cimag.gk (v)
34 of the 44 anti-virus programs detected the scugdPE.dll file.

scugdPE.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove scugdPE.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the scugdPE.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that scugdPE.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate scugdPE.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the scugdPE.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 scugdPE.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Users\Aaron\AppData\Local\scugdPE.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the scugdPE.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If scugdPE.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If scugdPE.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If scugdPE.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 scugdPE.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5809da809ff444aad46f1340810219439
SHA25625f71c5226f00c62401ddd0f0e2aa58c9bc98e07bb2a9477e51043deff4e314b

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to scugdPE.dll:

RUNDLL - Error loading C:\Users\Aaron\AppData\Local\scugdPE.dll. The specified module could not be found.

RunDLL - There was a problem starting C:\Users\Aaron\AppData\Local\scugdPE.dll. The specified module could not be found.

What will you do with scugdPE.dll?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with scugdPE.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
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Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with scugdPE.dll. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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