What is elevate_to_admin.exe?

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

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

16 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the elevate_to_admin.exe file. That's a 28% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASVCS3S.1E5
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32/DH{Ow?}
Avira	TR/Dldr.Agent.lehy
Bkav	W32.BistogaLTG.Trojan
DrWeb	Trojan.DownLoader11.27583
Fortinet	Malicious_Behavior.VEX.89
Ikarus	Win32.SuspectCrc
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 700000111 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 700000111 )
McAfee	Artemis!F574E980DCDC
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.ch
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.ebycyd
nProtect	Trojan/W32.Blocker.859648.B
Qihoo-360	HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Rising	Trojan.DL.Win32.Banloaden.hr-htKUTuWLisL (Cloud)

elevate_to_admin.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\elevate_to_admin.exe

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

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

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