What is exam.exe?
exam.exe is part of 7-Zip and developed by Igor Pavlov according to the exam.exe version information.
exam.exe's description is "7z Setup SFX"
exam.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected exam.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.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on exam.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | 7-Zip |
| Company name | Igor Pavlov |
| File description | 7z Setup SFX |
| Internal name | 7zS.sfx |
| Original filename | 7zS.sfx.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov |
| Product version | 9.20 |
| File version | 9.20 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | 7-Zip |
| Company name | Igor Pavlov |
| File description | 7z Setup SFX |
| Internal name | 7zS.sfx |
| Original filename | 7zS.sfx.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov |
| Product version | 9.20 |
| File version | 9.20 |
Digital signatures [?]
exam.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
10 of the 58 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the exam.exe file. That's a 17% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Invincea | worm.win32.ramnit.a |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Antavmu.gybny |
| Sophos | NirCmd (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Lockey.Mihj |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0EBH05IB16 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
exam.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove exam.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the exam.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that exam.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate exam.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the exam.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 exam.exe in the scan result.
c:\downloads\exam.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the exam.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If exam.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If exam.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If exam.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that exam.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 48a977355139abcaed874e71d6dffd19 |
| SHA256 | 0b29f76d8c717718d4704aec831a4f2a628740ff5f079d8a43b4c0061ee324c7 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to exam.exe:
exam.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
exam.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.
7z Setup SFX has stopped working.
End Program - exam.exe. This program is not responding.
exam.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
exam.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with exam.exe?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with exam.exe:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with exam.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 100 % | 1 | |
| Remove | 0 % | 0 |
Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
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