What is serfe.exe?

serfe.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\serfe\' folder.

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

Vendor and version information [?]

serfe.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

serfe.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

44 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the serfe.exe file. That's a 80% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
AegisLab Gen.Variant.Mikey!c
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Toolbar.R174913
ALYac Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.D2DB2A
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic37.AOGS
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.acj
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
Bkav W32.ChiderxaD.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Linkury.A5
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/Application.BZYM-4286
DrWeb Trojan.SkypeSpam.10661
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/TrojanDropper.Addrop.AH
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.212E87!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
Ikarus PUA.Linker
Jiangmin Adware.Agent.hlz
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004de2ad1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004de2ad1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Linkury
McAfee PUP-RGCC!77343C5826E4
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.hc
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.187178
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Linkury.eajhog
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Generic PUA PL (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.Linkury/Variant
Symantec SMG.Heur!gen
Tencent Win32.Adware.Generic.Agky
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R01TC0EC116
VBA32 AdWare.Agent
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Linkury.528384.AF[h]
Yandex PUA.Toolbar.Linkury!
Zillya Adware.Agent.Win32.95551
44 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the serfe.exe file.

serfe.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove serfe.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the serfe.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that serfe.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate serfe.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the serfe.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 serfe.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\programdata\serfe\serfe.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the serfe.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If serfe.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If serfe.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If serfe.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 serfe.exe 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
MD577343c5826e4aaf53121294670de1f52
SHA256575d45b8955e8138567306130e5ee02f0efda3038c9fbdda6bfd2891cd9453b5

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to serfe.exe:

serfe.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

serfe.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

serfe.exe has stopped working.

End Program - serfe.exe. This program is not responding.

serfe.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

serfe.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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