What is usb.exe?

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

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

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 usb.exe:

PropertyValue
Internal namecmd.exe
Original filenamecmd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018
Product version1.5.4.0
File version1.5.4.0

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

Internal namecmd.exe
Original filenamecmd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018
Product version1.5.4.0
File version1.5.4.0

Digital signatures [?]

usb.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

51 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the usb.exe file. That's a 76% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
AegisLab Troj.Msil.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Agent.C2433124
ALYac Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Barys.D25DE
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9997
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.NOUN-0512
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader10.45391
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Barys.9694 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/TrojanDropper.Agent.BXI
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
Fortinet W32/Generic.BXI!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
Ikarus Trojan-Dropper.MSIL.Agent
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004d305f1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004d305f1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Generic
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Generic.drx
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.dc
Microsoft Backdoor:Win32/Rescoms.B
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Barys.9694
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Barys.famcae
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.7c5
Rising Dropper.Generic!8.35E (TFE:C:7iIlEuzk6CG)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Msil.Trojan.Generic.Wofi
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0DDL18
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0DDL18
VBA32 Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Barys.281606
Webroot W32.Trojan.MSIL
Yandex Trojan.Crypt!p1HVPg1BTms
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Generic
51 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the usb.exe file.

usb.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove usb.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the usb.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that usb.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 usb.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the usb.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 usb.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\usb.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the usb.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If usb.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If usb.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If usb.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 usb.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d232fbfb917a81a032ad3ff718009cf1
SHA25651201a929f801f8b90dd6ba7d9939a88f66871b01f4bc369ec1566f5ebda19bb

Error Messages

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

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

usb.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.

usb.exe has stopped working.

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

usb.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with usb.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with usb.exe:



Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

No comments posted yet.

Leave a reply