How to Remove “DISCover.exe”

What is DISCover.exe?

DISCover.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as DISCover Drop & Play System Executable. It belongs to software DISCover Drop & Play System and was developed by Digital Interactive Systems. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as DISCover.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

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

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

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

Ideally, replacing the existing DISCover.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 Comodo Free 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 DISCover.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 16 July 2008 at 5:09 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Digital Interactive Systems Corporation Executable a0e68c6248c03686
43cba53a496258fb
c9c2fec5
e9d57c05bdfa1e28
948e143a0f045f43
TrojWare.Win
32.Trojan.Ag
ent.~UL
No 3.33.2005.
0406
3.33.2005.
0406
United States N/A
2 N/A Executable 92c9ccb2d84d7dc9
d9ee7dbac4c0779a
317b5300
f894245f9e6ebaa3
05b2e1e511477396
Win32.Neshta
.A
No N/A N/A Slovakia N/A
3 Microsoft Press. Отделение корпорации Microsoft. Executable bb6e85dbe955b945
bd8fbba28f238f70
2a88f01b
30ab0d300778a7f6
c2ddfaae31f83f7d
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 1, 48, 66,
66
1, 0, 0, 0 Russian Federation N/A
4 Microsoft Press. Отделение корпорации Microsoft. Executable d56057be94c7fbf8
235c63ce54b5c757
1065ebf8
2debb8bfdc289846
f6cc760a7943d1e6
MalCrypt.Ind
us!
No 1, 48, 66,
66
1, 0, 0, 0 Russian Federation N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 24 August 2008 at 8:40 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Macromedia, Inc. Executable dd33cfc05c7fa4fb
86a98098233d718a
8bc33a29
92e8e4653f098094
acff340399cf6c13
No 6.5r1 6.5 Poland
2 N/A Executable 405652efe7e64bc5
b1a9030b110184de
e93330a2
813aa3aa0730715a
a82a3755d00db27f
No N/A N/A United States
3 N/A Executable baa35c02ad887fa0
416751b64ef2117a
2a3db1a7
8f3711eb1e5d4804
43fa440ffc0bd7a1
No N/A N/A United Kingdom
4 N/A Executable d5c5ec1323a9707a
39b695525622ebf2
dbec0ddd
df830110696f9d50
3e976d95d2f18a0b
No N/A N/A Internal Submission
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