What is taken2.exe?

taken2.exe is part of Same as in FIleDescription and developed by Company name according to the taken2.exe version information.

taken2.exe's description is "How is seen in task manager"

taken2.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected taken2.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on taken2.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSame as in FIleDescription
Company nameCompany name
File descriptionHow is seen in task manager
Internal nametaken2.exe
Original filenametaken2.exe
CommentsRandom comments
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2008 - 2018. All rights reserved.
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

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

Product nameSame as in FIleDescription
Company nameCompany name
File descriptionHow is seen in task manager
Internal nametaken2.exe
Original filenametaken2.exe
CommentsRandom comments
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2008 - 2018. All rights..
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

taken2.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

48 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the taken2.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Acronis suspicious
Ad-Aware Trojan.Agent.DMUC
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.MSIL.R220700
ALYac Trojan.Agent.DMUC
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.Crypt
Arcabit Trojan.Agent.DMUC
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
BitDefender Trojan.Agent.DMUC
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Cloxer
Comodo Malware@#2rbrndq9hv0bw
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.111ad1
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.BEJ.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader25.46163
Emsisoft Trojan.Crypt (A)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.QLP
F-Prot W32/Trojan.BEJ.gen!Eldorado
Fortinet MSIL/GenKryptik.CVPW!tr
GData Trojan.Agent.DMUC
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Agent
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Trojan.MSIL.kuef
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 00544e251 )
K7GW Trojan ( 00544e251 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.gen
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack.MSIL
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee RDN/Generic.grp
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.bc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Agent.DMUC
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.fltnpm
Paloalto generic.ml
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.1c3
Rising Trojan.GenKryptik!8.AA55 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Msil.Trojan.Crypt.Sxns
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
TrendMicro Backdoor.MSIL.NOANCOOE.THOAOGAI
TrendMicro-HouseCall Backdoor.MSIL.NOANCOOE.THOAOGAI
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.MSIL
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Highconfidence.785408
Yandex Trojan.Crypt!zzkil6D7hbk
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Crypt.gen
48 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the taken2.exe file.

taken2.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove taken2.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the taken2.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that taken2.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 taken2.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the taken2.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 taken2.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\taken2.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the taken2.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If taken2.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If taken2.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If taken2.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 taken2.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
MD5c1a014f111ad13da6db742c3ab722691
SHA2563c88aa26da692c8b3fdfd965e009f6454897b8c755d48d494c5a4669f71a7c65

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to taken2.exe:

taken2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

taken2.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.

How is seen in task manager has stopped working.

End Program - taken2.exe. This program is not responding.

taken2.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

taken2.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

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