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!
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 | ![]() |
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 |
![]() |
N/A |
3 | Labcenter Electronics | Executable | 632f11c4534a4ab5 30d5a964c5088200 9e22d3a8 |
87e88074b76ad6f2 6859de7d225f1c5f |
EmailWorm.Wi n32.Runonce. ~v001 |
No | 7.07 SP2 IB9151 |
N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | N/A | Executable | 77c7d30d81e958bb a8893b64601aad76 8f59528b |
b636fdeb8baf72ff 7bf6b7f8641b0b58 |
Unclassified Malware |
Yes | N/A | 3.2.6 | ![]() |
N/A |
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 | ![]() |
2 | N/A | Executable | 5a92af09b61c316f 4e743a63be48b2ce ab33e123 |
30f65beaac3fa76d 99604f62dbf55835 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
3 | N/A | Executable | 8f5b71c033e63581 c390fc6da0f759dc 8311003b |
653ce8476deb59ca eb69f721632dcf68 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4 | N/A | Executable | 94444a72af99e5fa 6c9222f85a079e9b b6fc4b96 |
359b9be3b10f17a3 6d6a801a0b8a259d |
Yes | N/A | N/A | ![]() |