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!
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 | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | fb795fb6cf221132 fdc38f4c777e074b b075ed9b |
c72015ef1bb8bc0f bc963ac54c910820 |
Win32.Neshta .B |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
N/A |
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 | ![]() |
2 | http://kmeleon.sf.net/ | Executable | f89c77a707426a09 088dbff7bd5c8926 3f721d23 |
7b659174b2288701 76acd176d86db87c |
No | 1, 5, 0, 28 |
1.5.0 | ![]() |
3 | http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ | Executable | d668685fe39f9581 1206ceb8651c3dbd 3e01cacf |
db347743f6831dc2 faf388f75708a442 |
No | 76.4.7.0 | 76.4.7.0 | ![]() |
4 | http://kmeleon.sf.net/ | Executable | 86e0a97fb1cefa7b c824c8471c02950f e313cd5e |
702d4851daa32c91 3a17c6baa102599a |
No | 1, 5, 0, 28 |
1.5.0 | ![]() |