What is DirectBranch.xyz?

DirectBranch.xyz is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\a40fe8790\temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected DirectBranch.xyz.

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VirusTotal report

17 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the DirectBranch.xyz file. That's a 30% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.MultiPlug
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
Avira	ADWARE/MultiPlug.Gen4
Baidu-International	Adware.Win32.MultiPlug.ER
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
Bkav	HW32.Packed.B686
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.MultiPlug.ER
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
McAfee	Multiplug-FVS
McAfee-GW-Edition	Multiplug-FVS
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.554588
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
VBA32	BScope.Worm.Slenfbot.07

DirectBranch.xyz removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\a40fe8790\temp\DirectBranch.xyz

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

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

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