What is connect.exe?
connect.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Sametime Connect Application. It belongs to software Sametime Connect and was developed by Lotus Development. It is commonly stored in C:\Program files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as connect.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with connect.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 connect.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the connect.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 connect.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program files files then the system is not affected by connect.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by connect.exe malware.
How to remove connect.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Ideally, replacing the existing connect.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 connect.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 | N/A | Executable | 8f0a25c373f9f1e0 4c9046e46d25c473 4cba320d |
24b149cdb865a34d 2b0a9414878cac7e |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | Company | Executable | b52ae037ed2cefd6 939374f1f6942472 4347ff50 |
95dcd57b7b5013b8 9828d0bb8be8dac2 |
TrojWare.MSI L.Agent.GA |
No | 9.5.8.4 | 9.5.8.4 | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 61996493ac782369 4937417e2a12e215 26d724f4 |
b17651b7825935bf 53e5c556f2faba16 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | N/A | Executable | cf5803b7dcf78848 576d0d935a2a3427 e9aa7eea |
8260bab77a83b106 450f097aec7bed4f |
Win32.Neshta .B |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | c2bece91b8808872 1d4712fa345da3f0 073b1f42 |
205afa3feafbf06e d8ce4f2514cc6037 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | Cisco Consumer Products LLC | Executable | 5501035e77658f83 616e6b26bad28fd0 c2198e01 |
a61dca1fa11df836 4913dbe2cd423541 |
Yes | 1.4.12253. 0 |
1.4.12253. 0 |
![]() |
3 | NULL | Executable | c22d5ec5fbe3473d 67319491f4fdaf89 bd8b33c7 |
4f85660d9c521974 cab9bd3c4c14ac58 |
Yes | 3.2.1.1860 4 |
3.2.1.1860 4 |
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4 | N/A | Executable | 54d2c2cf3ae1a424 d4a353e4abbf89fd 0d9c5ea0 |
12696726f7a763c5 41830047427e6104 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |