What is viewcon_inst.exe?

viewcon_inst.exe is digitally signed by INSAFE.

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected viewcon_inst.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 [?]

viewcon_inst.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

viewcon_inst.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameINSAFE
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number3d79358f1cb0629c9595f33e197e886f

VirusTotal report

47 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the viewcon_inst.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.38
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Helper.R141719
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Adware.Kraddare.38
Avast Win32:Adware-BRI [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-BRI [Adw]
Avira ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.38
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Insafe.Gen
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#1enuvcgth9fvn
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_70% (D)
Cybereason malicious.9f58ed
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/S-6871f894!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Adkor.66
Emsisoft Application.Downloader (A)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.Kraddare.IL
F-Prot W32/S-6871f894!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Fortinet Riskware/Kraddare
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.38
Ikarus Win32.AdWare.AZP
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Agent.gfrm
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004bac4d1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004bac4d1 )
Kaspersky Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.bjsifi
MAX malware (ai score=99)
McAfee PUP-XFQ-YY
McAfee-GW-Edition PUP-XFQ-YY
Microsoft PUA:Win32/Insafe
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.38
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Snojan.fbvjfc
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Generic PUA FC (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.Kraddare/Variant
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Win32.Trojan-dropper.Agent.Tdfy
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R035C0PAJ19
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R035C0PAJ19
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.Downloader
Webroot W32.Malware.Gen
Yandex PUA.Kraddare!
ZoneAlarm Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.bjsifi
47 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the viewcon_inst.exe file.

viewcon_inst.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove viewcon_inst.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the viewcon_inst.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that viewcon_inst.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 viewcon_inst.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the viewcon_inst.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 viewcon_inst.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\viewcon_inst.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the viewcon_inst.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If viewcon_inst.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If viewcon_inst.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If viewcon_inst.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 viewcon_inst.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
MD5cece7a89f58eda1f4dedc40d1fa82732
SHA25610e220f914d48003bf05602565a1616cd1f6b40c253643d95e33ac80199b27b7

Error Messages

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

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

viewcon_inst.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.

viewcon_inst.exe has stopped working.

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

viewcon_inst.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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