What is update.vbe?

update.vbe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\origin\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected update.vbe.

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

4 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the update.vbe file. That's a 8% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
ESET-NOD32	VBS/CoinMiner.AD
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.F47V0111

update.vbe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\origin\update.vbe

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

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

Folder name variants

update.vbe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\origin\. The most common variants are listed below:

• e:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\origin\

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with update.vbe. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 14 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with update.vbe. Only 14 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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