What is vb.exe?

vb.exe is part of driverVer Stub according to the vb.exe version information.

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

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

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VirusTotal report

47 of the 64 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vb.exe file. That's a 73% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win32.Generic.C3025365
ALYac	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/MSIL.NanoBot
Arcabit	Trojan.MSILPerseus.D2BAE9
Avast	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
AVG	Win32:TrojanX-gen [Trj]
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.MSIL
ClamAV	Win.Malware.Msilperseus-6859952-0
Comodo	Malware@#15z1vbjw153z1
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.4fa599
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.ZTNZ-2146
DrWeb	Trojan.Nanocore.23
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.QVP
Fortinet	MSIL/GenKryptik.CZBA!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Krypt
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005477c41 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005477c41 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.NanoBot.gen
Malwarebytes	Trojan.Crypt
McAfee	RDN/Generic.dx
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.dh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Occamy.C
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.178921
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.NanoBot.fmwxvl
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.BO.573
Rising	Trojan.GenKryptik!8.AA55 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Troj/Stealer-HV
Symantec	Trojan Horse
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
Trapmine	malicious.high.ml.score
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.MSIL
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Ursu.1018368
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.NanoBot!
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.NanoBot.gen

vb.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vb.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vb.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vb.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate vb.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vb.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 vb.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\vb.exe

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

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

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