What is comparevers.exe?

comparevers.exe is part of CompareVers and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the comparevers.exe version information.

comparevers.exe's description is "Core Versions Compare"

comparevers.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\System32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected comparevers.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

25 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the comparevers.exe file. That's a 46% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.10072998
Avast	Win64:Malware-gen
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Hacktool.MSIL.HackKMS.C
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.10072998
Cyren	W32/Ransom.CWPO-0298
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.10072998 (B)
ESET-NOD32	MSIL/HackKMS.C
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.10072998
GData	Trojan.Generic.10072998
Ikarus	Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2t
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2t
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.10072998
Norman	Troj_Generic.RQZQM
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.10072998
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Generic.6d0
Sophos	Mal/Mdrop-CE
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pfja
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OCL14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OCL14
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT

comparevers.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Windows\System32\comparevers.exe

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

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 56% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 18 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 18 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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