What is cat.exe?
cat.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as cat.exe. It belongs to software cat. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as cat.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with cat.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 cat.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the cat.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 cat.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files files then the system is not affected by cat.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by cat.exe malware.
How to remove cat.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Ideally, replacing the existing cat.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 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 cat.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 | Macromedia, Inc. | Executable | d7b2623d41e7fd15 f35c7bb4dc4e2a9a c1e3a815 |
d2a2112f32c6cd03 e48972778e72c23d |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 5,0,30,0 | 5,0,30,0 | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | 96bc8ebdf79ad9ee 77415e8d68615a92 42cbc1e2 |
a7818a17e272299e 4c963e62ce363aee |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 9bce982ec9f9ae7e db9766a29bc91810 046ce01e |
ad2e04242016eafd 1289b3cd9cfda7ed |
Virus.Win32. Parite.gen |
Yes | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | N/A | Executable | 56b7bca89cf89095 80614c1260a9b5ba 675a9b80 |
2e5a1a6d904c031c a28ab5836cbe1c54 |
ApplicUnwnt. Win32.Hoax.A rchSMS.SG |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | www.buslaev.ru | Executable | 95405e9e6f2c604a 6c84de7125bd9dfa e4e35649 |
5c3240148aea9a33 e7657a863c2df73b |
No | 2.5.0.6 | 2.4.1.42 | ![]() |
2 | N/A | Executable | 440fdb6ff5885fd9 0b49f15c6feb7c57 7fb5a704 |
e2663ccfd46ead03 d1710b56ce38c138 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
3 | N/A | Executable | bbc26cea5e35752c a6fe9c7a4cc96011 c472fa18 |
a2dd6218171c22b4 4aaa706bb3dd7c5b |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4 | N/A | Executable | 995eceec962d89e9 3a4de08a3d22015f 4f9b4d3b |
f2a284599115ba3d 7923809a6170e90c |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |