What is ~wd48E8.tmp?

~wd48E8.tmp is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ~wd48E8.tmp.

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VirusTotal report

30 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ~wd48E8.tmp file. That's a 49% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Elex.IP
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.AdLoad.C1966096
Arcabit	Application.Elex.IP
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/Adload.hoplb
BitDefender	Application.Elex.IP
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (D)
DrWeb	Trojan.Mutabaha.5
Emsisoft	Application.Elex.IP (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
F-Secure	Application.Elex.IP
Fortinet	W32/AdLoad.AEA!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.GAKYBC
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Adload
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.AdLoad.aea
McAfee	PUP-FZJ
McAfee-GW-Edition	PUP-FZJ
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Elex.IP
Panda	PUP/SupTab
Rising	Trojan.AdLoad!8.DC8 (cloud:9j9FQ9eOLoL)
Sophos	Generic PUA KP (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Adload.Szlw
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R00JC0OEP17
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R00JC0OEP17
Webroot	W32.Adware.Gen
Zillya	Trojan.AdLoad.Win32.1
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.AdLoad.aea

~wd48E8.tmp removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ~wd48E8.tmp with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ~wd48E8.tmp file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ~wd48E8.tmp 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 ~wd48E8.tmp in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ~wd48E8.tmp 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 ~wd48E8.tmp in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\~wd48E8.tmp

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ~wd48E8.tmp file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ~wd48E8.tmp still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ~wd48E8.tmp is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If ~wd48E8.tmp 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 ~wd48E8.tmp no longer appear in the scan result.

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