How to Remove “Alcmtr.exe”

What is Alcmtr.exe?

Alcmtr.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Realtek Azalia Audio - Event Monitor. It belongs to software Realtek(version AC97 Audio) and was developed by Realtek Semiconductor. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as Alcmtr.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to check if your computer is infected with Alcmtr.exe malware?       

Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with Alcmtr.exe malware

  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the Alcmtr.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory 
  • If the system performance is very low
  • If the system is redirected to some strange websites 
  • If the system is getting some annoying popup ads 
  • If the system freezes quiet often
  • If it invites other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton

When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe  malware. To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the Alcmtr.exe  and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Windows files then the system is not affected by Alcmtr.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by Alcmtr.exe malware

How to remove Alcmtr.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Comodo Antivirus.

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

Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

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Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.

Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.

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

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 09 October 2011 at 4:48 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable f1cf1d39843a8966
69392df5b6fb91c7
4e59a5ff
96ab212a42af684f
db89709b988004ef
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 1, 6, 0, 4 1, 6, 0, 4 Venezuela N/A
2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable 3565be098848675e
112698676ae483d7
1c40bec3
a2bdc5f369438151
2986466d40bc5782
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 1.6.0.2 1.6.0.2 Ukraine N/A
3 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable 7f0ea73357d86912
2c51956e0995f8ac
13ade3b0
86efe7b4e066e7da
ab8f74cc7d383e35
Unclassified
Malware
No 1.6.0.2 1.6.0.2 Paraguay N/A
4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable 1c0f188b3cece8f9
49c6a62d8c1b04df
b740ef72
1a40c091d62416e7
7719a194e99bb690
Virus.Win32.
Ramnit.A
No 1.6.0.2 1.6.0.2 United States N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 02 July 2008 at 5:55 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable 70994f5a7c6d344f
749568882560f17b
7ad0365d
6ef87e824f82c08c
1bcc5a85820be5cc
Yes 1, 6, 0, 4 1, 6, 0, 4 Internal Submission
2 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable e519f493e42694c5
64aaa347745bab03
5bbcb3d9
8b4cbba1ea526830
c7f97e7822e2493a
No 1.6.0.2 1.6.0.2 Internal Submission
3 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable 529f2e778b0a1737
7e93c19caa05f8a8
7138ffcd
ea31039e691c6f8f
5469649526eea5fb
No 1.6.0.2 1.6.0.2 Internal Submission
4 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Executable bb5711fdc3f5f89f
7f1f35f530f1cad8
49d89f21
d7a8887ae6b55f17
5f4acada91bff129
No 1, 6, 0, 4 1, 6, 0, 4 Internal Submission
Display 4 items per page
  • 4 items per page
  • 8 items per page
  • 16 items per page
  • 32 items per page
 
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