What is msdcsc.exe?

msdcsc.exe is part of Remote Service Application and developed by Microsoft Corp. according to the msdcsc.exe version information.

msdcsc.exe's description is "Remote Service Application"

msdcsc.exe is usually located in the 'c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\MSDCSC\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameRemote Service Application
Company nameMicrosoft Corp.
File descriptionRemote Service Application
Internal nameMSRSAAPP
Original filenameMSRSAAP.EXE
CommentsRemote Service Application
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999
Product version4, 0, 0, 0
File version1, 0, 0, 1

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

Product nameRemote Service Application
Company nameMicrosoft Corp.
File descriptionRemote Service Application
Internal nameMSRSAAPP
Original filenameMSRSAAP.EXE
CommentsRemote Service Application
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999
Product version4, 0, 0, 0
File version1, 0, 0, 1

Digital signatures [?]

msdcsc.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

58 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the msdcsc.exe file. That's a 83% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Trojan.Heur.OK0@riWBwfgS
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.ADH.R19950
Antiy-AVL Trojan[Backdoor]/Win32.DarkKomet.zjl
Arcabit Trojan.Heur.EA28D2
Avast Win32:Flooder-GR [Trj]
AVG Win32:Flooder-GR [Trj]
Avira BDS/Backdoor.Gen
Baidu Win32.Backdoor.Agent.l
BitDefender Gen:Trojan.Heur.OK0@riWBwfgS
Bkav W32.DownloadDapatoB.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Backdoor.Fynloski.A9
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Finlosky-6745083-0
CMC Backdoor.Win32.Finlosky!O
Comodo TrojWare.Win32.Amtar.dk3@4fbewm
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.4094e0
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Downloader.C.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Inject2.25435
eGambit RAT.DarkComet
Emsisoft Gen:Trojan.Heur.OK0@riWBwfgS (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Fynloski.AA
F-Prot W32/Downloader.C.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Trojan.Heur.OK0@riWBwfgS
Fortinet W32/Generic.AC.12D2!tr
GData Win32.Backdoor.Fynloski.F
Ikarus Backdoor.Win32.Fynloski
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Backdoor/Finlosky.b
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0001cd1c1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0001cd1c1 )
Kaspersky Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.gvly
Malwarebytes Trojan.RemoteAccess
MAX malware (ai score=83)
McAfee Generic BackDoor.xa
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.jh
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Bagsu!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Trojan.Heur.OK0@riWBwfgS
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.DarkKomet.dzrtlv
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM05.1.E395.Malware.Gen
Rising Malware.Heuristic!ET#100% (RDM+:cmRtazq7jHfqLQSupK2BT2bxPn39)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Fynloski-C
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-DelfInject
Symantec Backdoor.Krademok
Tencent Backdoor.Win32.Darkkomet.b
TotalDefense Win32/Krademok.A
Trapmine malicious.moderate.ml.score
TrendMicro BKDR_FYNLOS.SMM
TrendMicro-HouseCall BKDR_FYNLOS.SMM
VBA32 TScope.Trojan.Delf
VIPRE Backdoor.Win32.Fynloski.A (v)
ViRobot Backdoor.Win32.A.Finlosky.762368.A
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex Trojan.Comet.Gen.LO
Zillya Backdoor.Finlosky.Win32.1
ZoneAlarm Backdoor.Win32.DarkKomet.gvly
58 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the msdcsc.exe file.

msdcsc.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove msdcsc.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the msdcsc.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that msdcsc.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 msdcsc.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the msdcsc.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 msdcsc.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the msdcsc.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If msdcsc.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If msdcsc.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If msdcsc.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 msdcsc.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
MD507b70fc4094e00e560b1a63f92936105
SHA25677d936e38ece098f0858c4826f8cb29200c0d4038fed2bff59f2ce530b7a6761

Error Messages

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

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

msdcsc.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.

Remote Service Application has stopped working.

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

msdcsc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

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