What is trojan.exe?

trojan.exe is part of Apache HTTP Server and developed by Apache Software Foundation according to the trojan.exe version information.

trojan.exe's description is "ApacheBench command line utility"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on trojan.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameApache HTTP Server
Company nameApache Software Foundation
File descriptionApacheBench command line utility
Internal nameab.exe
Original filenameab.exe
CommentsLicensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009 The Apache Software Foundation.
Product version2.2.14
File version2.2.14

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

Product nameApache HTTP Server
Company nameApache Software Foundation
File descriptionApacheBench command line utility
Internal nameab.exe
Original filenameab.exe
CommentsLicensed under the Apache License, V..
Legal copyrightCopyright 2009 The Apache Software F..
Product version2.2.14
File version2.2.14

Digital signatures [?]

trojan.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

48 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the trojan.exe file. That's a 89% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.8269690
AegisLab Troj.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Shell.N589988210
ALYac Trojan.Generic.8269690
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.Unknown
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D7E2F7A
Avast Win32:SwPatch [Wrm]
AVG Agent
Avira TR/Crypt.EPACK.Gen2
AVware Trojan.Win32.Swrort.B (v)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.iBryte.CKHB
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.8269690
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Swrort.A
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Swrort-9039
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Rozena.A
Cyren W32/Swrort.D
DrWeb Trojan.Swrort.1
Emsisoft Trojan.Generic.8269690 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Rozena.AS
F-Prot W32/Swrort.D
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.8269690
Fortinet W32/Swrort.C!tr
GData Trojan.Generic.8269690
Ikarus Exploit.PDF
Jiangmin Trojan/Generic.aelao
K7AntiVirus Backdoor ( 04c53cce1 )
K7GW Backdoor ( 04c53cce1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Undef.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Backdoor.Bot.Gen
McAfee Swrort.i
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Swrort.lh
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Swrort.A
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.8269690
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Gen.ccmw
nProtect Trojan.Generic.8269690
Panda Generic Malware
Qihoo-360 QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Mal/Swrort-C
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Backdoor-PoisonIvy
Symantec Packed.Generic.347
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Generic.Hzdm
TrendMicro BKDR_SWRORT.SME
TrendMicro-HouseCall BKDR_SWRORT.SME
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Swrort.B (v)
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Swrort.73802.DGK[h]
Yandex Trojan.Rosena.Gen.1
Zillya Trojan.Rozena.Win32.10634
48 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the trojan.exe file.

trojan.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove trojan.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the trojan.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that trojan.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 trojan.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the trojan.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 trojan.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\trojan.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the trojan.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If trojan.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If trojan.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If trojan.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 trojan.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
MD59fd626082c86793e01c75c98507f1985
SHA2563efc218ea7362955610a1e0a8cb2f172cdd2bdb79f8315dd4cae96ee19789d7a

Error Messages

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

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

trojan.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.

ApacheBench command line utility has stopped working.

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

trojan.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

trojan.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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