How to Remove “aswBoot.exe”

What is aswBoot.exe?

aswBoot.exe is a legitimate file process and also called as avast! start-up scanner developed by ALWIL Software. It is associated with avast! Antivirus. You can locate the file in C:\Program Files. The virus is created by malware authors and are named them after aswBoot.exe file.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

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

Keep an eye for the following symptoms to check if your PC is infected with aswBoot.exe malware:

  • Unstable internet connection
  • Browser redirects to unwanted websites
  • PC performance slows down
  • Browser is bombarded with hordes of popup ads
  • System screen freezes repeatedly

If you find any of the above mentioned symptoms, take the following steps to be sure about the malware infection:

1) Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.

2) Go to the process tab and right-click on the aswBoot.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should take measures to get rid of the malware.

How to remove aswBoot.exe malware from system with Comodo Cleaning Essentials?

Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) incorporates antivirus software with unique features like auto-sandboxing to identify and obstruct every suspicious process running on an endpoint with a single click. To remove malwares using aswBoot.exe, follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Download the CCE suite.

Step 2: To start the application, double-click on the CCE.exe file.

Step 3: It then probes the antivirus to initiate a full system scan to identify and remove any existing malicious files.

Step 4: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.

Step 5: Comodo Cleaning Essentials will remove aswBoot.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!
 

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 18 November 2010 at 1:30 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 AVAST Software Executable a2e1237f4655e9d4
bd74b9ba57b60f31
24b04048
2e0617ea39d26aeb
9c3ae0519a783b0a
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 18.8.4084.
0
18.8.4084.
0
159.146.10.185/32 N/A
2 N/A Executable 2976fd417f6003fc
274e1f550a56191f
f2257aa0
154efd2a09c8b98c
d12869439173269b
Win32.Neshta
.B
No N/A N/A Ukraine N/A
3 ALWIL Software Executable b59cf4021264a266
24ecb82273e3ddfb
9b98f54a
ebbd4cebdcd0859d
223809752cf0ac86
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 4, 7,
1098, 0
4, 7, 0, 0 India N/A
4 N/A Executable 5305e9337507eb53
9ab5dfac8e0034d6
39e6516b
38668c56e0415304
7c973f3b8e0ee615
Win32.Neshta
.A
No N/A N/A 185.246.204.164/32 N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 12 June 2008 at 12:23 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 ALWIL Software Executable e61cee828977af9d
f668a26157002b19
8b2ef8f2
897a496e54a7c67f
8b7ccbd1ee2f97b3
Yes 4, 8,
1356, 0
4, 8, 0, 0 Internal Submission
2 ALWIL Software Executable 8bd3674a96ac5540
66b05246676bfd16
46530354
a54d3f5f2646377e
7f7a693f22b736fd
Yes 5, 0, 332,
0
5, 0, 0, 0 Finland
3 AVAST Software Executable 281dd6e6eeacee69
3f0979fa05a7d13a
fc885d00
e2abd32d360acbb9
d1d365a9736e4ad7
Yes 22.7.7403.
0
22.7.7403.
0
10.224.25.207/32
4 AVAST Software Executable 55238d7b5dc7c890
6c28d826f4a1019c
f21c5b0f
a4b4fe50cca23b38
688003ea85a30ef6
Yes 7.0.1474.7
65
7.0.1474.7
65
United Kingdom
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