What is avira-free-antivirus.exe?

avira-free-antivirus.exe's description is "CHIP Secured Installer" according to the avira-free-antivirus.exe version information.

avira-free-antivirus.exe is digitally signed by CHIP Digital GmbH.

avira-free-antivirus.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected avira-free-antivirus.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.

VirusTotal report

15 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avira-free-antivirus.exe file. That's a 27% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.DownloadSponsor.R184627
Bkav	W32.HfsAdware.BB89
CAT-QuickHeal	PUA.Chipdigita3.Gen
Comodo	Application.Win32.DownloadSponsor.CA
Cyren	W32/Trojan.ITFR-0657
DrWeb	Adware.Covus.33
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/DownloadSponsor.C potentially unwanted
Jiangmin	Downloader.Agent.afj
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004c20af1 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 004c20af1 )
McAfee	Artemis!9AE82613C17A
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.tc
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM11.1.0000.Malware.Gen
Yandex	PUA.Downloader!
Zillya	Downloader.Agent.Win32.303524

avira-free-antivirus.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\avira-free-antivirus.exe

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

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

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