How to Remove “k-meleon.exe”

What is k-meleon.exe?

k-meleon.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as K-Meleon Web Browser. It belongs to software K-Meleon Web Browser and was developed by K-Meleon. It is commonly stored in C:\Program files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as k-meleon.exe to damage the software and hardware.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to check if your computer is infected with k-meleon.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 k-meleon.exe malware

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

How to remove k-meleon.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?

Ideally, replacing the existing k-meleon.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 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 k-meleon.exe malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 15 April 2009 at 12:05 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable 6a9268eebe8beb04
bd3cad373e980e65
7b445c50
816872fef961e281
7822d1ea9a80e3f9
Virus.Win32.
Virut.CE
No 0, 9, 0, 0 0.9 Indonesia N/A
2 N/A Executable fb795fb6cf221132
fdc38f4c777e074b
b075ed9b
c72015ef1bb8bc0f
bc963ac54c910820
Win32.Neshta
.B
No N/A N/A Russian Federation N/A
3 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable 6cb280152d2cc1f1
d1f572a53bf898f0
6c721f9d
4f2470675111c829
e7f5758fb595f8a6
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 1, 5, 4, 0 1.5.4 Syrian Arab Republic N/A
4 http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ Executable 1c44bac975ed40cd
f7c9d20bac7d4bc1
93732f03
5e950af4a5877324
e03908bf9e7658c8
Virus.Win32.
Sality.gen
No 75.1.0.0 75.1.0.0 India N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 13 September 2008 at 4:35 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable 3dad2c7f1e46745d
24eb6d4719a6c3c6
dcf74df3
aac1930a2b81fba5
2f1b8607ca5d9e41
No 1, 5, 4, 0 1.5.4 10.224.1.63/32
2 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable f89c77a707426a09
088dbff7bd5c8926
3f721d23
7b659174b2288701
76acd176d86db87c
No 1, 5, 0,
28
1.5.0 Internal Submission
3 http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ Executable d668685fe39f9581
1206ceb8651c3dbd
3e01cacf
db347743f6831dc2
faf388f75708a442
No 76.4.7.0 76.4.7.0 United States
4 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable 86e0a97fb1cefa7b
c824c8471c02950f
e313cd5e
702d4851daa32c91
3a17c6baa102599a
No 1, 5, 0,
28
1.5.0 Internal Submission
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