What is wpas.exe?

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

wpas.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

VirusTotal report

52 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wpas.exe file. That's a 91% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Win32.Sality.3
AhnLab-V3 Win32/Kashu.E
ALYac Worm.Sality.3.Gen
Antiy-AVL Virus/Win32.Sality.gen
Arcabit Win32.Sality.3
Avast Win32:Sality
AVG Win32/Sality.dropper
Avira W32/Sality.AT
AVware Virus.Win32.Sality.at (v)
Baidu Win32.Trojan.Sality.p
Baidu-International Virus.Win32.Sality.$Emu
BitDefender Win32.Sality.3
Bkav W32.Sality.PE
CAT-QuickHeal W32.Sality.U
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-36126
Comodo Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
Cyren W32/Sality.gen2
DrWeb Win32.Sector.31
Emsisoft Win32.Sality.3 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Sality
F-Prot W32/Sality.gen2
F-Secure Win32.Sality.3
Fortinet W32/LPECrypt.A!tr
GData Win32.Sality.3
Ikarus Virus.Win32.Sality
Jiangmin Win32/HLLP.Kuku.Gen
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 001e7bc71 )
K7GW Trojan ( 001e7bc71 )
Kaspersky Virus.Win32.Sality.gen
Malwarebytes Trojan.MalPack.Gen
McAfee W32/Sality.gen.z
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Sality.cc
Microsoft Virus:Win32/Sality.AT
MicroWorld-eScan Win32.Sality.3
NANO-Antivirus Virus.Win32.Sality.beygb
nProtect Virus/W32.Sality.D
Panda W32/Sality.AK.drp
Qihoo-360 Trojan.Win32.SalityStub.A
Rising PE:Virus.Sality!1.A09C [F]
Sophos Troj/SalLoad-C
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-CDesc[LordPE]
Symantec W32.Sality!dr
TheHacker W32/Sality.gen
TotalDefense Win32/Sality.AA
TrendMicro PE_SALITY.RL-O
TrendMicro-HouseCall PE_SALITY.RL-O
VBA32 Virus.Win32.Sality.bakc
VIPRE Virus.Win32.Sality.at (v)
ViRobot Win32.Sality.N.Host[h]
Yandex Win32.Sality.BL
Zillya Virus.Sality.Win32.17
Zoner Win32.Sality
52 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the wpas.exe file.

wpas.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wpas.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wpas.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wpas.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 wpas.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wpas.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 wpas.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\wpas.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wpas.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wpas.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wpas.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If wpas.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 wpas.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
MD5c0e7e43358af3e0fd7a4a11a6eca3171
SHA256bbc7a7e6dace25889df39c18b08f43f7381aa5e81ff5f124bc8da0c55c726d08

Error Messages

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

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

wpas.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.

wpas.exe has stopped working.

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

wpas.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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