How to Remove “deinterlace.exe”

What is deinterlace.exe?

deinterlace.exe is a legitimate process file popularly known as GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In. It belongs to GNU Image Manipulation Program, developed by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team. It is located in C:\Program files by default.

Malware programmers write virus files with malicious scripts and save them as deinterlace.exe with an intention to spread virus on the internet.

Affected Platforms: Windows OS

How to determine if your computer is infected with deinterlace.exe malware?

Look out for these symptoms to check if your PC is infected with deinterlace.exe malware:

  • Unstable internet connection
  • deinterlace.exe occupies extra CPU space
  • PC processing speed slows down
  • Browser often redirects to irrelevant websites
  • Browser is bombarded with hordes of popup ads
  • Computer screen freezes repeatedly

Take the following steps to diagnose your PC for possible deinterlace.exe malware attack:

Step 1: Simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.

Step 2: If you notice the file located outside C:\Program files, perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware.

How to remove deinterlace.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Step 1: Download our award-winning Free Antivirus.

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Step 6: Proceed with the quick scan that automatically begins after the update.

Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be notified through an alert screen.

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

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 10 January 2012 at 12:24 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable eaa6d37c9a15f96e
bccb20e432f2014b
5383348b
cc4ee9a9bad354b9
cdac9f5a88eecbed
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.4.0 2.8.4 176.106.35.116/32 N/A
2 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 9c15c0c04a2e175b
f9c19df00e1c157b
490a830e
fa3443c6dca042b3
66343ba0c823ae72
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.4.0 2.8.4 176.106.35.116/32 N/A
3 N/A Executable 9416f3e5c0d1a136
5e6c1be502c2d537
0742d993
7dfa4bede852b04f
1e3fdb3ae18653a1
Packed.Win32
.MUPX.Gen
No N/A N/A Russian Federation N/A
4 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 599f43d97e28e535
b67de6f190491d81
77376a55
28d823bdbe414536
75859ca2e32415d5
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.14.0 2.8.14 Germany N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 20 November 2008 at 1:56 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 N/A Executable deb20665987717c7
6a9c5e99de2e9b2b
7a91bba6
ce801ebc3ced9ab6
34fdaf7349db22cf
No N/A N/A Internal Submission
2 N/A Executable f1baa38ce2e7e527
1e34dd97498ea134
60f44515
9223cdaa5a0a4558
0f7b3bcf73662d98
Yes N/A N/A Internal Submission
3 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 4dd74a81d10ab9cc
8f8c7af5d6ac1ceb
47dcd19b
6f9dd55aa4b0f3f1
1b6eefbda7ed7045
Yes 2.8.16.0 2.8.16 10.224.1.53/32
4 N/A Executable 200899ddd84f2811
5c0790a4f6da071f
e73e8dc1
7c7ec3c1dbf8c32b
e02bd787352b3441
No N/A N/A Israel
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