What is vaexw.exe?

vaexw.exe is part of PNX and developed by Portable Library according to the vaexw.exe version information.

vaexw.exe's description is "Portable NX"

vaexw.exe is usually located in the 'C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product namePNX
Company namePortable Library
File descriptionPortable NX
Internal namePortNX
Original filenamePNX.EXE
Legal copyrightPortLib. 2009
Product version3.2.1203.2000
File version3.2.1203.2000

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

Product namePNX
Company namePortable Library
File descriptionPortable NX
Internal namePortNX
Original filenamePNX.EXE
Legal copyrightPortLib. 2009
Product version3.2.1203.2000
File version3.2.1203.2000

Digital signatures [?]

vaexw.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

48 of the 52 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vaexw.exe file. That's a 92% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6
Agnitum Trojan.DL.Bubnix!CAg3EU2V6Z0
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.CSon
AntiVir TR/Drop.Kavit.2
Avast Win32:Crypt-GBZ [Drp]
AVG Clicker.AHXB
Baidu-International Trojan.Win32.Krap.Am
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6
Bkav W32.OnlineGameBICAAA.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Krap.ao.cw6
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-429338
CMC Trojan.Win32.Krap.3!O
Commtouch W32/Packed.CAPQ-5630
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.PkdKrap.AO
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader1.3711
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.DNT
F-Prot W32/Packed.HA
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6
Fortinet W32/Krap.AO!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6
Ikarus Packed.Win32.Krap
Jiangmin Packed.Krap.bzef
K7AntiVirus Backdoor ( 04c50bf21 )
K7GW Backdoor ( 04c50bf21 )
Kaspersky Packed.Win32.Krap.ao
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Krap.ao.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Trojan.Downloader
McAfee BackDoor-ENK
McAfee-GW-Edition BackDoor-ENK
Microsoft TrojanDownloader:Win32/Bubnix.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Ursnif.6
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Krap.bdcpbo
Norman Harnig.D!genr
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.26624.IQ
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.205
Rising PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.11EC31AF!300691887
Sophos Mal/FakeAV-BW
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-FraudLoad[Crit]
Symantec Trojan.Zbot
TotalDefense Win32/FakeAV.C!generic
TrendMicro TROJ_BRDOLAB.SMF
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0502
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.MTA.0230
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic.pak!cobra
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Agent.26624.BO
Zillya Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.65150
48 of the 52 anti-virus programs detected the vaexw.exe file.

vaexw.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vaexw.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vaexw.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vaexw.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 vaexw.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vaexw.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 vaexw.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\vaexw.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the vaexw.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If vaexw.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If vaexw.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If vaexw.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 vaexw.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
MD598994fe5a5f7576ed0138a4aacf55cfd
SHA2561fad44e81f441ec119963f0fe400641f985060afa14db1e79ed1476a4b740268

Error Messages

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

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

vaexw.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.

Portable NX has stopped working.

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

vaexw.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with vaexw.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with vaexw.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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