What is dldl.exe?

dldl.exe is part of Remote Desktop to SOCKS5 and developed by Thegrideon Software according to the dldl.exe version information.

dldl.exe's description is "Remote Desktop to SOCKS5"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on dldl.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameRemote Desktop to SOCKS5
Company nameThegrideon Software
File descriptionRemote Desktop to SOCKS5
Internal nameRDPtoS5
Original filenameRDtoS5.exe
Commentshttps://www.thegrideon.com/rdtos5.html
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018 Thegrideon Software
Legal trademarkThegrideon Software
Product version2018.04.28
File version2018.04.28

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

Product nameRemote Desktop to SOCKS5
Company nameThegrideon Software
File descriptionRemote Desktop to SOCKS5
Internal nameRDPtoS5
Original filenameRDtoS5.exe
Commentshttps://www.thegrideon.com/rdtos5.html
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018 Thegrideon Software
Legal trademarkThegrideon Software
Product version2018.04.28
File version2018.04.28

Digital signatures [?]

dldl.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

49 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dldl.exe file. That's a 72% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
AegisLab Troj.W32.Gen.mCnM
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Injector.C2645840
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.Packed.Confuser.P
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D267F105
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG Win32:Trojan-gen
Avira TR/Dropper.Gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9998
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERIC
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.VYCV-6708
DrWeb Trojan.Betabot.263
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.40366341 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Injector.SMM
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
Fortinet W32/Agent.SMM!tr.bdr
GData Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
Ikarus Trojan.MSIL.Injector
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0051120d1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0051120d1 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Agent.gen
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Artemis!65965E5F7BB6
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Neurevt
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.40366341
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Mlw.fggqyl
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Backdoor.6e0
Rising Backdoor.Agent!8.C5D (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Inject.Auto
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R004C0DH518
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R004C0DH518
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.MSIL
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.137843
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Backdoor.Win32.Agent.gen
49 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the dldl.exe file.

dldl.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove dldl.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the dldl.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that dldl.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 dldl.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the dldl.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 dldl.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\dldl.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the dldl.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If dldl.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If dldl.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If dldl.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 dldl.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
MD565965e5f7bb65aef786508539b02b02d
SHA2563b2efc01be9b332fd867602cfcdf7da50b83b77e8e49a0f5c2566e11cc7e6fc4

Error Messages

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

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

dldl.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.

Remote Desktop to SOCKS5 has stopped working.

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

dldl.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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