How to Remove “grid.exe”

What is grid.exe?


grid.exe is a legitimate executable file developed by GIMP Development Team. This process is known as GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In and it belongs to the software GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. Cybercriminals find a way out to mimic malicious programs in the name of grid.exe to spread malware infection.

Affected Platform: Windows OS


How to detect whether your system is affected by grid.exe ?


Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:

  • Problem during computer startup.
  • Problem during program startup.
  • Errors while running specific functions.
  • Damaged and missing link files.
  • Conflict in the process.
  • Missing or corrupted driver files.
  • Invalid Windows registry.
  • Hardware malfunction.


To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:

  • Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the grid.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files folder, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.

How does Comodo Antivirus help you to protect your system from grid.exe malware?

Comodo Antivirus protects your system from malware attacks and also removes any existing infections. Following are the steps to effectively purge out the grid.exe malware from your system.

Step 1: Download and install Comodo Antivirus.

Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.

Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: Wait until the Comodo Internet Security updates the antivirus.

Step 6: Initiate a quick scan that instantly begins after the update.

Step 7: If the system is infected with grid.exe malware or any other threats, you will be prompted with an alert screen upon scanning.

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

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 10 January 2021 at 11:45 am
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Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 94ebb549b2d8c3fc
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.14.0 2.8.14 Germany N/A
2 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 14f24f57a9b9e06c
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.4.0 2.8.4 176.106.35.116/32 N/A
3 N/A Executable 5f692fcb570b5f3e
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TrojWare.Win
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No N/A N/A 31.173.190.198/32 N/A
4 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 25c4770f3a295277
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Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 2.8.4.0 2.8.4 176.106.35.116/32 N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 23 December 2015 at 4:01 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable d08e72ac93a39942
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No 2.10.18.0 2.10.18 United States
2 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 968500935a186ac6
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63ed786b
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Yes 2.10.30.0 2.10.30 10.224.25.207/32
3 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 500e1c5594f4f688
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No 2.10.22.0 2.10.22 United States
4 Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team Executable 0963e127b83b2ee5
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Yes 2.8.16.0 2.8.16 10.108.22.214/32
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