What is error.exe?

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

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

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VirusTotal report

35 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the error.exe file. That's a 63% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.Generic.1153608
AegisLab	Hoax.W32.BadJoke.Agent.ac!c
Antiy-AVL	HackTool[Hoax]/Win32.Agent
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D119A48
Avast	Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG	Atros2.AFFU
Avira	DR/Agent.AC.2
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International	Trojan.Win32.BadJoke.Agent
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.1153608
CAT-QuickHeal	Hoax.BadJoke.r8 (Not a Virus)
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	Joke.Forgery.559
Emsisoft	Trojan.Generic.1153608 (B)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/BadJoke.CA
F-Secure	Trojan.Generic.1153608
Fortinet	Malware_fam.gw
GData	Trojan.Generic.1153608
Jiangmin	Hoax.BadJoke.cz
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky	Hoax.Win32.BadJoke.Agent.ac
McAfee	RDN/Generic.dx!dsd
McAfee-GW-Edition	RDN/Generic.dx!dsd
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.Generic.1153608
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.Agent.ktrih
nProtect	Joke/W32.BadJoke.203962
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Dropper.489
Rising	PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
Sophos	Generic PUA JG (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan Horse
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-psw.Badjoke.Sysf
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	Tool.BadJoke.Win32.3113

error.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\error.exe

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

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

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