What is corsur.exe?

corsur.exe is part of Arc and developed by Arc <arc.sourceforge.net> according to the corsur.exe version information.

corsur.exe's description is "Arc: create and extract files from DOS .ARC files"

corsur.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on corsur.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameArc
Company nameArc <arc.sourceforge.net>
File descriptionArc: create and extract files from DOS .ARC files
Internal namearc
Original filenamearc.exe
Legal copyright© 2005 Howard Chu <hyc@umix.cc.umich.edu>
Legal trademarkArc®, Arc®, arc®
Private buildPatchlevel 1
Product version5.21j.1926
File version5.21j.1926
Special buildGNU for Win32 <gnuwin32.sourceforge.net>

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameArc
Company nameArc <arc.sourceforge.net>
File descriptionArc: create and extract files from D..
Internal namearc
Original filenamearc.exe
Legal copyright© 2005 Howard Chu <hyc@umix.cc.umic..
Legal trademarkArc®, Arc®, arc®
Private buildPatchlevel 1
Product version5.21j.1926
File version5.21j.1926
Special buildGNU for Win32 <gnuwin32.sourceforge...

Digital signatures [?]

corsur.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

19 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the corsur.exe file. That's a 34% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037
Arcabit Trojan.Symmi.D109C5
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Inject3.BEMP
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9999
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.BGOO
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037
Fortinet W32/Injector.CWTG!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037
Ikarus Backdoor.Win32.Androm
Invincea worm.win32.autorun.ch
McAfee Artemis!92ED1F3A3896
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Autorun.gh
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Symmi.68037
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1H0AIM16
19 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the corsur.exe file.

corsur.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove corsur.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the corsur.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that corsur.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.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate corsur.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the corsur.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 corsur.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\corsur.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the corsur.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If corsur.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If corsur.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If corsur.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 corsur.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD592ed1f3a3896ac563342b912dfb5e6e2
SHA2565c1b8be10038f5a9e79ba8a1f1f35c252762d7997500f6c987376a203c5a0d5f

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to corsur.exe:

corsur.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

corsur.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Arc: create and extract files from DOS .ARC files has stopped working.

End Program - corsur.exe. This program is not responding.

corsur.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

corsur.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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