What is cpafService.exe?

cpafService.exe is part of McAfee Safe Connect and developed by McAfee according to the cpafService.exe version information.

cpafService.exe's description is "McAfee Safe Connect Installer"

cpafService.exe is digitally signed by BLINK DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED.

cpafService.exe is usually located in the 'c:\ProgramData\cpafService\' folder.

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

32 of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cpafService.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Symmi.89222
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Agent.R234144
Arcabit	Trojan.Symmi.D15C86
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9784
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Symmi.89222
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.999ea1
Cylance	Unsafe
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop8.33156
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Symmi.89222 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GJLE
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Symmi.89222
Fortinet	W32/Kryptik.GIIA!tr
GData	Win32.Trojan.Agent.03XW2X
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Crypt
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 005398681 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 005398681 )
Kaspersky	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
MAX	malware (ai score=100)
McAfee	ICLoader
McAfee-GW-Edition	ICLoader
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Skeeyah.A!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Symmi.89222
Paloalto	generic.ml
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.9ad
Rising	Trojan.Kryptik!8.8 (TFE:5:BNteZe9ERdF)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0814
VBA32	BScope.Trojan.Ekstak
Webroot	W32.Trojan.Gen
ZoneAlarm	UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

cpafService.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\ProgramData\cpafService\cpafService.exe

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

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

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