What is snare.dll?

snare.dll is part of SNARE and developed by InterSect Alliance Pty Ltd according to the snare.dll version information.

snare.dll's description is "SNARE Service"

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameSNARE
Company nameInterSect Alliance Pty Ltd
File descriptionSNARE Service
Internal nameSNARE
Original filenameSNARE
CommentsAudit Service
Legal copyrightCopyright ?1999-2017
Legal trademarkSNARE TM 2017
Product version4.4.9
File version4.4.9

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

Product nameSNARE
Company nameInterSect Alliance Pty Ltd
File descriptionSNARE Service
Internal nameSNARE
Original filenameSNARE
CommentsAudit Service
Legal copyrightCopyright ?1999-2017
Legal trademarkSNARE TM 2017
Product version4.4.9
File version4.4.9

Digital signatures [?]

snare.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

27 of the 60 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the snare.dll file. That's a 45% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Application.Elex.HU
AegisLab Application.Elex.Gen!c
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win64.Agent.C1960083
Arcabit Application.Elex.HU
AVG Atros5.CBLC
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Application.Elex.HU
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cyren W64/Application.EUFE-1871
Emsisoft Application.Elex.HU (B)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/Snarasite.A
F-Secure Application.Elex.HU
Fortinet W64/Snarasite.A!tr
GData Application.Elex.HU
Ikarus Trojan.Win64.Snarasite
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00508ec91 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00508ec91 )
McAfee Artemis!E27A43AAE416
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Elex.HU
Paloalto generic.ml
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.8!cloud
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0426
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
27 of the 60 anti-virus programs detected the snare.dll file.

snare.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove snare.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the snare.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that snare.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 snare.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the snare.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 snare.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\snare\snare.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the snare.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If snare.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If snare.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If snare.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 snare.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e27a43aae4160edf987ca50fefb6f5b2
SHA25670b99f69dd199e2fa43b529088c4681eaa90476cf254c52dac595e8edda2f166

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with snare.dll. 85% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 84 users.

User vote results: There were 71 votes to remove and 13 votes to keep

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Comments

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