What is smsc.exe?

smsc.exe is part of smsc and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the smsc.exe version information.

smsc.exe's description is "Windows Session Manager"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected smsc.exe.

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VirusTotal report

36 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the smsc.exe file. That's a 65% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.MSIL.Krypt.2
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	ILHeur.CXL
Avira	TR/Dldr.Small.18434.2
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanMSIL.Shmandaler.A4
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-1382612
Comodo	TrojWare.MSIL.TrojanDownloader.Small.AFQ
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Emsisoft	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2 (B)
ESET-NOD32	MSIL/TrojanDownloader.Small.AFQ
F-Secure	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
Fortinet	MSIL/Small.AFQ!tr.dldr
GData	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
Ikarus	Trojan-Downloader.MSIL.Small
Invincea	trojan.win32.skeeyah.a!rfn
K7AntiVirus	Trojan-Downloader ( 004de6d91 )
K7GW	Trojan-Downloader ( 004de6d91 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.MSIL.Tiny.um
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Bedep
Microsoft	TrojanDownloader:MSIL/Shmandaler!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Tiny.ebvkml
nProtect	Trojan-Downloader/W32.Agent.18434.E
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM03.0.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising	Malware.Generic!0WPvmdG2zWC@c (thunder)
Symantec	Infostealer.Limitail
TheHacker	Trojan/Downloader.Small.afq
TrendMicro-HouseCall	HT_SMALL_FB230011.UVPM
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex	Trojan.DL.Small!QZBtiX7UwsI

smsc.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\localdata\smsc.exe

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

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

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