What is syscron.exeStartup?

syscron.exeStartup is usually located in the 'c:\WINDOWS\pss\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected syscron.exeStartup.

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.

VirusTotal report

23 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the syscron.exeStartup file. That's a 55% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Heur.h10
AntiVir	TR/Agent.HM.40
AVG	Generic18.ABHE
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Bredo.6
Comodo	TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.Agent.Gen
DrWeb	Trojan.Packed.196
Emsisoft	Trojan.Win32.Meredrop!IK
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Bredo.6
GData	Gen:Variant.Bredo.6
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Meredrop
Jiangmin	Packed.Krap.cvec
Kaspersky	Packed.Win32.Krap.hm
McAfee	Artemis!98C4B6549BCF
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!98C4B6549BCF
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Meredrop
NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.FIL
nProtect	Gen:Variant.Bredo.6
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Prevx	High Risk Cloaked Malware
Sophos	Mal/Zbot-U
Sunbelt	Trojan.Win32.Meredrop
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
VBA32	Malware-Cryptor.Win32.Limpopo

syscron.exeStartup removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\WINDOWS\pss\syscron.exeStartup

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

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

• Privacy Policy