How to Remove “eraser.exe”

What is eraser.exe?

eraser.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Eraser. It belongs to software Active@ Eraser for Windows and was developed by LSoft Technologies.  It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as eraser.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

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

  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the eraser.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 eraser.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files files then the system is not affected by eraser.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by eraser.exe malware.

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

Ideally, replacing the existing eraser.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 Free 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 eraser.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!
 

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 01 April 2008 at 8:36 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable 3231af8379ab0548
14dd0fe32e815ac2
c70c9db7
f1f4e73246ae6d5a
a392be639b864f77
Virus.Win32.
Parite.gen
No N/A N/A Brazil N/A
2 N/A Executable ed4fe861156155ef
15d3b7b786508ff7
979c4951
2b9419275d998a67
8cc371607830254d
Unclassified
Malware
No N/A N/A China N/A
3 The Eraser Project Executable 53c0008d517ca133
be44f172f44c4b12
9d8e4c7a
360200d659519c5d
398b05804975ebbe
Unclassified
Malware
No NULL 9.6.7.5453 10.108.18.246/32 N/A
4 N/A Executable 9920fc0f747c3648
158fc173e174b3e7
809bf45c
9b59e6306bfa37db
1e81470a77feb0ab
Worm.Win32.B
agle.KR
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 04 June 2008 at 1:23 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 VSO-Software Executable 8a3eeedd05073e41
c76b19f6aac77970
24bbd447
fe45a676050686e9
ae48fb46fa3bc6c5
No 1.4.1.4 1.0.0.0 United Kingdom
2 The Eraser Project Executable 7c301ca82a2b608e
3867c828e7de3067
7b7721be
84b60e4861cf9551
3ab79a6eb0c87f9b
Yes 5.8.7 5.8.7 United States
3 - Executable 108164cb6162f4f4
f77bb25079c9d9e4
b0ff274a
e8ca34a6f5b49505
a5a92767a492292e
No 5.7 5.7 Canada
4 VSO-Software Executable 288e83bfc43ca688
ef8ba68cf82f18fd
0b2e8781
b01c7124079ebeb7
5cb7471d70811e18
Yes 1.1.1.17 1.0.0.0 10.224.1.59/32
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