How to Remove “ashquick.exe”

What is ashquick.exe?

ashquick.exe is a legitimate executable file developed by Avast! Software A.S. This process is known as avast! Virus scanner and it belongs to the avast! Antivirus. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. Cybercriminals find a way out to mimic malicious programs in the name of ashquick.exe to spread malware infection.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to detect whether your system is affected by ashquick.exe ?

Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:

  • Problem during computer startup.
  • Problem during program startup.
  • Errors while running specific functions.
  • Damaged and missing link files.
  • Conflict in the process.
  • Missing or corrupted driver files.
  • Invalid Windows registry.
  • Hardware malfunction.

To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:

  • Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the ashquick.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files folder, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.

How does Comodo Antivirus help you to protect your system from ashquick.exe malware?

Comodo Antivirus protects your system from malware attacks and also removes any existing infections. Following are the steps to effectively purge out the ashquick.exe malware from your system.

Step 1: Download and install Comodo Antivirus.

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

Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: Wait until the Comodo Internet Security updates the antivirus.

Step 6: Initiate a quick scan that instantly begins after the update.

Step 7: If the system is infected with ashquick.exe malware or any other threats, you will be prompted with an alert screen upon scanning.

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

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 01 October 2008 at 1:08 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable f67fe9732d1ee974
de5feb9cfe07ad40
f35e23d1
484d4d28045cd38b
070b3d50a2a40d1a
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 4, 7, 892,
0
4, 7, 0, 0 India N/A
2 N/A Executable 96dbe5a9a9ee0902
9c187984a6dfb608
38d6962b
9728a4b0b23b6a1a
7cb175c471878f3c
Virus.Win32.
Ramnit.K
No 4, 7, 844,
0
4, 7, 0, 0 197.251.162.173/32 N/A
3 AVAST Software Executable 1f74eb7d7161de88
3e0ac2dc2bb659ba
7335732e
6fbc691ecadd92b5
2e4b8e7a63906027
Unclassified
Malware
Yes 18.8.4084.
0
18.8.4084.
0
Turkey N/A
4 Windows Executable 029920883234fc45
1ad30f7a852526f5
5bac2ead
3f8e70026e5cd306
724e9a9e25bf9d21
TrojWare.Win
32.Fareit.RG
Y
No 1.09.0005 1.09.0005 United States N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 14 June 2008 at 11:54 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 AVAST Software Executable bf5ec4a27fd82bd3
0dd08d71f2c20e7c
5aa42e21
649debee25f97f76
22448dc5f020188c
Yes 6.0.1289.0 6.0.1289.0 10.224.1.59/32
2 ALWIL Software Executable d7a472b4bb02d2a2
77ed9f2c5591d093
601eb3b7
b616cf81797e7141
331f8684e44ad850
No 4, 8,
1227, 0
4, 8, 0, 0 Taiwan
3 ALWIL Software Executable fe448100c8ce61de
98f426e48b7d83c4
e93cbd37
f6da56f39ac3f39e
4a5f6457b7bebf5d
Yes 4, 8,
1351, 0
4, 8, 0, 0 Internal Submission
4 AVAST Software Executable 9fc5adcce7167253
17de9e6f5562355f
e619992b
083cfeb6a914fb83
54d11f1c1ed81b14
Yes 22.6.7355.
0
22.6.7355.
0
10.224.25.107/32
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