What is syslog.exe?

syslog.exe is digitally signed by Option line.

syslog.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\syslog\' folder.

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

28 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the syslog.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214
AegisLab	Troj.Dropper.Gen2!c
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D366E6E
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Atros4.XTK
Avira	TR/Dropper.Gen2
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu	Win32.Trojan.Kryptik.jm
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214
ClamAV	Win.Trojan.Agent-1727235
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_84% (W)
Cyren	W32/Trojan.CIKA-0440
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/GenKryptik.FOA
F-Secure	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214
Fortinet	W32/GenKryptik.FOA!tr
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214
Ikarus	PUA.ICLoader
Invincea	virus.win32.parite.a
McAfee	Artemis!499467360DA6
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!Trojan
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.3567214
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Dropper.bc6
Rising	Malware.Heuristic!ET (rdm+)
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Heur.AdvML.B
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Agent.701416[h]

syslog.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\syslog\syslog.exe

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

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

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