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!
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 | 94ebb549b2d8c3fc 0a583520511459fc dc11a61e |
0af4f94a8f88e596 00f78fd65498e242 |
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 ea339de23db26d87 a3c1e295 |
80256f6bb898491d 3937d7febd1d12c2 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 2.8.4.0 | 2.8.4 | 176.106.35.116/32 | N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 5f692fcb570b5f3e 6294a4b680533738 162ed5d5 |
9b5bf8d26fef63f4 4c4852f50a820227 |
TrojWare.Win 32.Barys.24 |
No | N/A | N/A | 31.173.190.198/32 | N/A |
4 | Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team | Executable | 25c4770f3a295277 6976eb1dfb250a7c a6da4178 |
834c95155953f9ea b7e11fcb7cb39040 |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 2.8.4.0 | 2.8.4 | 176.106.35.116/32 | N/A |
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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 1b81c80243f0b9a8 45da12f8 |
cc93812ee40eda0c cb4094283324a10a |
No | 2.10.18.0 | 2.10.18 | United States |
2 | Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team | Executable | 968500935a186ac6 88f91c09530c677a 63ed786b |
8e76a14045877b7f a21fca5d6346883f |
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 b98026391f64367e 94c98b91 |
6fd888a923647142 fb2d3ca3a2880553 |
No | 2.10.22.0 | 2.10.22 | United States |
4 | Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team | Executable | 0963e127b83b2ee5 a34408824e0e8f2d b496a14e |
883d029270d1f3de 129596fedd876b0e |
Yes | 2.8.16.0 | 2.8.16 | 10.108.22.214/32 |