What is clamscan.exe?
clamscan.exe is a legitimate file. This process known as ClamWin Antivirus. It belongs to software ClamWin Free Antivirus and was developed by Systweak. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as clamscan.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with clamscan.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 clamscan.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the clamscan.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 clamscan.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files files then the system is not affected by clamscan.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by clamscan.exe malware.
How to remove clamscan.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Ideally, replacing the existing clamscan.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 clamscan.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 | Systweak | Executable | 019bea2c57b3ea29 ce01eb4da13eb774 d831a03a |
1bf19f5d8ad11327 dbf5c2a552224892 |
ApplicUnwnt | Yes | 1.0.0.0 | 1.0.0.0 | United States | N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | 9af1c586145a33b2 67fe5c5e8b3ff39c fab7e5bd |
928227b6e04b2768 f2b4a76553f1f645 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 0, 88, 5, 0 |
0, 88, 5, 0 |
Italy | N/A |
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Executable | 1fd1d1bbfeee1ae8 b178dd1f86eab26a ba924a74 |
c859bcfe9e0923e5 cbb771d10ec76ffa |
No | 0.100.1 | ClamAV 0.100.1 (0.100.1) |
United States |
2 | N/A | Executable | 7bdeb3d94f2af67d f3f2292632c2151c b85f2fd6 |
f922ccdb43a90412 45e99ff19151ca54 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
3 | SourceFire, Inc. | Executable | b8aeed6e7abb0f14 bf849a2888afa474 700555f1 |
71d7add378f5188f 1791c14e5adeeb7d |
Yes | devel-clam av-0.97-40 8-ge11f7cc |
ClamAV 0.98 (devel-cla mav-0.97-4 08-ge11f7c c) |
Brazil |
4 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Executable | 7a96b6a5134b8fb1 fecbca292b86bb70 0db78ac1 |
5c17915d29b42ea9 3e6a650287ff6714 |
No | 0.103.0 | ClamAV 0.103.0 (0.103.0) |
10.108.22.232/32 |