What is vb6mousewheel.exe?

vb6mousewheel.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the vb6mousewheel.exe version information.

vb6mousewheel.exe's description is "Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor "

vb6mousewheel.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected vb6mousewheel.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on vb6mousewheel.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWin32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Internal nameWextract
Original filenameWEXTRACT.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version6.00.3790.0
File version6.00.3790.0 (srv03_rtm.030324-2048)

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWin32 Cabinet Self-Extractor ..
Internal nameWextract
Original filenameWEXTRACT.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version6.00.3790.0
File version6.00.3790.0 (srv03_rtm.030324-2048)

VirusTotal report

48 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vb6mousewheel.exe file. That's a 84% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Win32.Parite.B
Agnitum Win32.Parite.B
AhnLab-V3 Win32/Parite
ALYac Win32.Parite.B
Antiy-AVL Virus/Win32.Parite.b
Avast Win32:Parite
AVG Win32/Parite
Avira W32/Parite
AVware Win32.Parite.b (v)
Baidu-International Virus.Win32.Parite.$b
BitDefender Win32.Parite.B
Bkav W32.HfsAutoB.998B
CAT-QuickHeal W32.Perite.A
Comodo Virus.Win32.Parite.gen
Cyren W32/Parite.B
DrWeb Win32.Parite.2
Emsisoft Win32.Parite.B (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Parite.B
F-Prot W32/Parite.B
F-Secure Win32.Parite.B
Fortinet W32/Parite.B
GData Win32.Parite.B
Ikarus Virus.Win32.Parite
Jiangmin Win32/Parite.b
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004be7ff1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004be7ff1 )
Kaspersky Virus.Win32.Parite.b
Kingsoft Win32.Parite.xp.1243622
McAfee W32/Pate.b
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Pate.dc
Microsoft Virus:Win32/Parite.B
MicroWorld-eScan Win32.Parite.B
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Parite.bgvo
Norman Pinfi.A
nProtect Virus/W32.Parite.C
Panda W32/Parite.B
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.eb6
Rising PE:Win32.Parite.b!16043
Sophos W32/Parite-B
Symantec W32.Pinfi.B
Tencent Virus.Win32.Dropper.c
TheHacker W32/Pate.B
TotalDefense Win32/Pinfi.A
TrendMicro PE_PARITE.A
TrendMicro-HouseCall PE_PARITE.A
VBA32 Virus.Win32.Parite.b
VIPRE Win32.Parite.b (v)
ViRobot Win32.Parite.A[h]
48 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the vb6mousewheel.exe file.

vb6mousewheel.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vb6mousewheel.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vb6mousewheel.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vb6mousewheel.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 vb6mousewheel.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vb6mousewheel.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 vb6mousewheel.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\vb6mousewheel.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the vb6mousewheel.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If vb6mousewheel.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If vb6mousewheel.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If vb6mousewheel.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 vb6mousewheel.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
MD5e2a73a39387dbe5de5a7d162084fdd8d
SHA2569f1f591917243790d21b38c0adc05396db6bd810843dd2a69e99881b1beeb931

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to vb6mousewheel.exe:

vb6mousewheel.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

vb6mousewheel.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.

Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor has stopped working.

End Program - vb6mousewheel.exe. This program is not responding.

vb6mousewheel.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

vb6mousewheel.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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