What is venus.exe?

venus.exe is part of ISAPI filter module and developed by Smith International Inc according to the venus.exe version information.

venus.exe's description is "ISAPI filter module"

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

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

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VirusTotal report

42 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the venus.exe file. That's a 63% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
AegisLab	Troj.W32.Generic!c
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D49501
Avast	MSIL:GenMalicious-LB [Trj]
AVG	MSIL:GenMalicious-LB [Trj]
Avira	TR/Dropper.MSIL.bdafw
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9769
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.IGENERIC
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.PPME-5426
DrWeb	Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23680
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.NUS
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
Fortinet	MSIL/Kryptik.NOE!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
Ikarus	Trojan.MSIL.Crypt
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0052fa291 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0052fa291 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
MAX	malware (ai score=97)
McAfee	RDN/Generic.grp
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.gc
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.30708993
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Stealer.fbefpr
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Dropper.998
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	W32.Mandaph
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OE418
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OE418
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	W32.Backdoor.Gen
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic

venus.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\venus.exe

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

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

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