What is elmon.dll?

elmon.dll is part of Disk Service and developed by Iomega according to the elmon.dll version information.

elmon.dll's description is "Iomega® Active Disk™"

elmon.dll is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected elmon.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on elmon.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameDisk Service
Company nameIomega
File descriptionIomega® Active Disk™
Internal nameadserxvice.exe
Original filenameadserxvice.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009
Product version2, 1, 0, 0
File version2, 1, 0, 0

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

Product nameDisk Service
Company nameIomega
File descriptionIomega® Active Disk™
Internal nameadserxvice.exe
Original filenameadserxvice.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009
Product version2, 1, 0, 0
File version2, 1, 0, 0

Digital signatures [?]

elmon.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

43 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the elmon.dll file. That's a 91% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Rootkit.ZAccess!t9uf0v7W1iQ
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Zaccess.5120
AntiVir TR/Sirefef.BP
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.ZAccess.gen
Avast Win32:Sirefef-UH [Rtk]
AVG Generic27.PN
Baidu-International Rootkit.Win32.ZAccess.wh
BitDefender Trojan.Sirefef.BP
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Zaccess.AZ5
Commtouch W32/Trojan.OFWI-7397
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb BackDoor.Maxplus.3864
Emsisoft Trojan.Sirefef.BP (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Sirefef.ER
F-Prot W32/Trojan2.NRAK
F-Secure Trojan.Sirefef.BP
Fortinet W32/ZeroAccess.D!tr
GData Trojan.Sirefef.BP
Ikarus Rootkit.Win32.ZAccess
Jiangmin Rootkit.ZAccess.cyz
K7AntiVirus Riskware
K7GW Riskware
Kaspersky Rootkit.Win32.ZAccess.wh
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Sirefef.ER.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Rootkit.0Access
McAfee ZeroAccess.dr.gen.d
McAfee-GW-Edition ZeroAccess.dr.gen.d
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Sirefef.AA
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Sirefef.BP
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Sirefef.nznan
Norman ZAccess.CSV
nProtect Trojan/W32.Sirefef.5120
Panda Trj/Sirefef.D
PCTools Trojan.Zeroaccess
Sophos Troj/ZAccess-AB
Symantec Trojan.Zeroaccess!inf
TheHacker Trojan/Sirefef.a.28
TotalDefense Win32/ZAccess.BS
TrendMicro TROJ_SIREFEF.KN
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SIREFEF.KN
VBA32 Trojan-Injector.7235
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.Sirefef.5120
43 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the elmon.dll file.

elmon.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove elmon.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the elmon.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that elmon.dll 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 elmon.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the elmon.dll 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 elmon.dll in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\windows\system32\elmon.dll
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the elmon.dll file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If elmon.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If elmon.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If elmon.dll 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 elmon.dll 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
MD5b89cfbe8cb247b57d8c10adaa66b462b
SHA256458b56bbbd3cd478e04390ed5ffd08ca4f3709b37851e64cd9eacb2f749dfbf4

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