How to Remove “alcwzrd.exe”

What is alcwzrd.exe?

alcwzrd.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as RealTek AlcWzrd Application. It belongs to ALCWZRD  and was developed by RealTek Semicoductor.  It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as alcwzrd.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

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

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

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

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

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 09 October 2011 at 5:21 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 00d18bd60ba17b85
387915cb5664ff54
8064dbee
9f41af0c2bbbab66
05b17e6cd5666ffe
MalCrypt.Ind
us!
No 1.1.0.36 1.1.0.36 Russian Federation N/A
2 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 7b79ae1780baf380
8d6379b91f6d190a
5fd86832
09efe64c2b624ed0
24710d0b977373bf
MalCrypt.Ind
us!
No 1.1.0.37 1.1.0.37 Ukraine N/A
3 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 971e2ccd7d04bd50
2240a2927d57fcc4
850ba5d8
33f48497b3e2aceb
a7078a6641aa718c
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 1.1.0.37 1.1.0.37 Brazil N/A
4 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 75653334677fa331
907d02a08273bcf2
7aba9899
1061774499edaf05
ce6295a7a4dea51a
Virus.Win32.
Ramnit.OV
No 1.1.0.17 1.1.0.17 Turkey N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 24 August 2008 at 9:53 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 153515e5c48e8e34
06de54de505a5745
15ef58c2
39c913873b3ab859
3116bd4a7b9bb82b
Yes 1.1.0.37 1.1.0.37 10.224.1.57/32
2 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable f061a3611f1d0900
9c4ae5c382bb7ab7
398fc425
917a7d41d5099439
f244560440f663fa
No 1.1.0.35 1.1.0.35 Internal Submission
3 N/A Executable 015c2f0f39130c21
39dc9520158ea140
19c9d510
ec05e964058693d1
f71d1b5506b5cf09
No N/A N/A United States
4 RealTek Semicoductor Corp. Executable 01436af40eb54449
733a313484ab7e15
88924098
eb42c09d61bb9fc3
5c30487e40bffef4
No 1.1.0.12 1.1.0.12 United States
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