What is emeka.exe?

emeka.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the emeka.exe version information.

emeka.exe's description is "Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor "

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on emeka.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWin32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Internal nameWextract
Original filenameWEXTRACT.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version6.00.2900.2180
File version6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWin32 Cabinet Self-Extractor ..
Internal nameWextract
Original filenameWEXTRACT.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version6.00.2900.2180
File version6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-..

Digital signatures [?]

emeka.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

46 of the 58 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the emeka.exe file. That's a 79% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.3448330
AegisLab Troj.W32.Inject!c
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Inject.N2069178374
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.3448330
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D349E0A
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Inject3.AZJB
Avira TR/Crypt.Xpack.oypt
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.3448330
Bkav W32.Clod136.Trojan.d97a
CAT-QuickHeal TrojanSpy.Golroted
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Generic-301
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_91% (W)
Cyren W32/Trojan.XNQK-9089
DrWeb Trojan.KillProc.44097
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.3448330 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Injector.DCTI
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.17909541
Fortinet W32/Injector.DCTI!tr
GData Trojan.GenericKD.3448330
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot
Invincea backdoor.win32.prorat.1
Jiangmin Trojan.Inject.otm
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004f4de81 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004f4de81 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Inject.wmsv
Malwarebytes Spyware.Pony
McAfee RDN/Generic PWS.y
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic PWS.y
Microsoft TrojanSpy:MSIL/Golroted.B
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.3448330
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.KillProc.efalny
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Generic.768
Rising Trojan.Inject!8.103-1Qllm4IdqYU (Cloud)
Sophos Troj/Mdrop-HLA
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Inject.Aent
TrendMicro TSPY_GOLROTED.AAAGQG
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_GOLROTED.AAAGQG
VBA32 Trojan.Inject
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Killproc.317952[h]
Yandex Trojan.Injector!SSQ3JjKqjS8
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.17048
46 of the 58 anti-virus programs detected the emeka.exe file.

emeka.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove emeka.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the emeka.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that emeka.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 emeka.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the emeka.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 emeka.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\emeka.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the emeka.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If emeka.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If emeka.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If emeka.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 emeka.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
MD57145c9874112030a1f0262d8d9e2b1d0
SHA25695b5c52721793b7f958b570a7d187b115ddae04b02387542439012561412d990

Error Messages

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

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

emeka.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.

Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor has stopped working.

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

emeka.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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