How to Remove “Ares.exe”

What is Ares.exe?

Ares.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Ares p2p for windows. It belongs to software Ares p2p for windows and was developed by Seekar. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write the different types of malicious programs and name it as Ares.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

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

  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the Ares.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 Ares.exe  and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files files then the system is not affected by Ares.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by Ares.exe malware.

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

Ideally, replacing the existing Ares.exe file on your computer with a different version procured from the Internet is advisable. To remove the file using Comodo's trusted and effective antivirus software, follow the steps below:

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.

Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.

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 Ares.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 05 December 2011 at 4:19 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable 49db51281ea2fdf9
40c225393abef727
bfa361cc
75dcf87ac8e46dec
1a61422ecd295807
TrojWare.Win
32.Trojan.Am
tar.~cbg
No N/A N/A 10.224.1.116/32 N/A
2 Camshare Inc. Executable d35d0ee33359c8fb
a4d61ab167695c23
2a8abc16
e2aac47c5f98739f
fe5b6f91e6362f81
TrojWare.Win
32.Trojan.Ag
ent.Gen
No 6, 2, 192,
3417
6, 2, 192,
3417
Internal Submission N/A
3 Labcenter Electronics Executable 632f11c4534a4ab5
30d5a964c5088200
9e22d3a8
87e88074b76ad6f2
6859de7d225f1c5f
EmailWorm.Wi
n32.Runonce.
~v001
No 7.07 SP2
IB9151
N/A 31.200.16.181/32 N/A
4 N/A Executable 77c7d30d81e958bb
a8893b64601aad76
8f59528b
b636fdeb8baf72ff
7bf6b7f8641b0b58
Unclassified
Malware
Yes N/A 3.2.6 United States N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 15 December 2008 at 8:34 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 ALOT Executable 2592f67d819e1bee
2ca27acb8ddba34c
85faf83d
471d86e1fa41d434
29068a23168eb7bb
No 1.3.4000.0 N/A Mexico
2 N/A Executable 5a92af09b61c316f
4e743a63be48b2ce
ab33e123
30f65beaac3fa76d
99604f62dbf55835
No N/A N/A 10.224.25.207/32
3 N/A Executable 8f5b71c033e63581
c390fc6da0f759dc
8311003b
653ce8476deb59ca
eb69f721632dcf68
No N/A N/A 10.224.25.107/32
4 N/A Executable 94444a72af99e5fa
6c9222f85a079e9b
b6fc4b96
359b9be3b10f17a3
6d6a801a0b8a259d
Yes N/A N/A United States
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