What is compatibilitychecksvc.exe?

compatibilitychecksvc.exe is digitally signed by Ad Support.

compatibilitychecksvc.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\compatibility verifier\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected compatibilitychecksvc.exe.

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VirusTotal report

29 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the compatibilitychecksvc.exe file. That's a 52% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
Avira	Adware/AdSuproot.99496
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.AdSuproot.81
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
Bkav	W32.RustirdosLTU.Trojan
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren	W32/Adware.IAQV-3890
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/AdSuproot.A
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
Fortinet	W32/AdSuproot.A!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.AdSuproot
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8a1 )
K7GW	DoS-Trojan ( 200f722a1 )
McAfee	BackDoor-FCKT!7143B9E08092
McAfee-GW-Edition	BackDoor-FCKT!7143B9E08092
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.AdSuproot.dnjyrl
Norman	Suspicious_Gen4.HTVCT
nProtect	Trojan.GenericKD.2138989
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Virus.Adware.31d
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0C1H06B215
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	Trojan.AdSuproot.Win32.1

compatibilitychecksvc.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\ro..compatibility verifier\compatibilitychecksvc.exe

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

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

Folder name variants

compatibilitychecksvc.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\compatibility verifier\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Compatibility Verifier\
• c:\windows\system32\compatibility verifier\
• c:\users\default\appdata\roaming\compatibility verifier\
• C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Compatibility Verifier\
• c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\application data\compatibility verifier\
• c:\users\%USERNAME%.susan-pc\appdata\roaming\compatibility verifier\

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