How to Remove “CLVIEW.EXE”

What is clview.exe?

Originally developed by Microsoft Corporation, clview.exe is a legitimate file process. This process is known as Microsoft Office Helper Viewer and it belongs to Microsoft Office Help Viewer. It is located in C:\Program Files by default.

clview.exe virus is created when malware authors write virus files and name them after clview.exe with an aim to spread virus on the internet.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to detect whether your system is affected by clview.exe?

Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:

  • Problem during computer start-up.
  • Problem during program start-up.
  • Errors while running specific functions.
  • Damaged and missing link files.
  • Conflict in the process.
  • Missing or corrupted driver files.
  • Invalid Windows registry.
  • Hardware malfunction.

To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:

  • Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the clview.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.

How does Comodo Antivirus help you to protect your system from clview.exe malware?

Comodo Antivirus protects your system from malware attacks and also removes any existing infections. Following are the steps to effectively purge out the clview.exe malware from your system.

Step 1: Download and install Comodo Antivirus.

Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.

Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: Wait until the Comodo Internet Security updates the antivirus.

Step 6: Initiate a quick scan that instantly begins after the update.

Step 7: If the system is infected with clview.exe malware or any other threats, you will be prompted with an alert screen upon scanning.

Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove clview.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 08 October 2011 at 10:16 pm
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Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable 9293e7d8858b47af
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9a8bc2a9
637900b19654193e
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 12.0.4518.
1014
12.0.4518.
1014
Senegal N/A
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable aea87ec7c7856a88
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1fd61696b7002caf
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 12.0.4518.
1014
12.0.4518.
1014
Vietnam N/A
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable 240f9f1c68f82980
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 12.0.4518.
1014
12.0.4518.
1014
Russian Federation N/A
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable cef4619bd004b77b
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cf13be80
ad1571254ea50786
971f7a44547cc754
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 12.0.4518.
1014
12.0.4518.
1014
India N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 18 September 2008 at 4:30 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Microsoft Corporation Executable c1b5b401d11deff9
74af2d8ce27ffd55
72622cb6
5e500ca6fc0f961e
db076cd63e6491d5
Yes 14.0.6015.
1000
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1000
10.224.1.65/32
2 Microsoft Corporation Executable c1b5b401d11deff9
74af2d8ce27ffd55
72622cb6
5e500ca6fc0f961e
db076cd63e6491d5
Yes 14.0.6015.
1000
14.0.6015.
1000
10.224.1.59/32
3 N/A Executable 97db340f4995b3d7
826a91cc78a1b4d9
c53e372c
36e12fd654f9975a
5b0b5c7bf5c0e353
No N/A N/A Ukraine
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable 527c4616bd397104
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f0d11917
41d509408d6e2d6a
a0b9d2de79a9b14b
Yes 12.0.4518.
1014
12.0.4518.
1014
10.224.1.54/32
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