What is ext.exe?

ext.exe is part of Adobe Download Manager and developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated according to the ext.exe version information.

ext.exe's description is "Adobe Download Manager"

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

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

46 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ext.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496
AegisLab	Gen.Variant.Zusy!c
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D443C8
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	TR/Crypt.FKM.Gen
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9998
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496
Bkav	HW32.Packed.41FC
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Khalesi
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.MERN-7171
DrWeb	Trojan.Siggen7.42178
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Generik.PZZKCK
Fortinet	W32/Injector.DWRB!tr
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496
Ikarus	Virus.Win32.VBInject
Invincea	heuristic
K7AntiVirus	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW	Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Khalesi.dyt
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
Microsoft	VirTool:Win32/VBInject
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.279496
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Khalesi.fahwtn
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.a64
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Downloader.Ponik
Tencent	Win32.Trojan.Khalesi.Fhz
TrendMicro	TSPY_INFOSTEAL.DAOAI
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TSPY_INFOSTEAL.DAOAI
VBA32	TScope.Trojan.VB
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Zusy.380928.YG
Webroot	W32.Injector.Gen
Yandex	Trojan.Khalesi!
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Khalesi.dyt

ext.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\ext.exe

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

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

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