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: 22 May 2009 at 7:12 am
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 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable b4c1b6932b934fb0
80930a18fb7259da
9aa423c6
d940e9a825bc45f8
719322a30c2e2d2f
Virus.Win32.
Ramnit.K
No 1, 5, 4, 0 1.5.4 Jordan N/A
3 N/A Executable d82d6ee90828ce4d
61dbc865f8135b6f
941e703e
1f393ef1c5e983d9
7c3bc4fef2480db9
Worm.Win32.D
elf.nj
No N/A N/A Indonesia N/A
4 N/A Executable 0111fbbed684f6ac
745e86d0dac7db27
cfba21fe
1c9d81c3b6f21342
d59f521e5631877a
TrojWare.Win
32.VB.QOTY
No 1.00 1.00 Brazil 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://kmeleonbrowser.org/ Executable 94c020dba2443254
fb499642a404a154
1a63a208
64c96aaccd1039db
394afbcf1ae1b976
No 76.4.7.0 76.4.7.0 United Kingdom
2 http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ Executable edd1c3fe3222ab89
80397b8ece88e620
cc3cd60b
06bdd05fb13238a8
3ef91ee1fc1a607c
No 76.4.6.0 76.4.6.0 10.224.25.207/32
3 http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ Executable 6f9b6c5cb9fe38b4
af78227643b2443d
882a2288
68d5e53622478668
03fe94fd4aeb074f
No 76.4.5.0 76.4.5.0 Canada
4 http://kmeleon.sf.net/ Executable 3dad2c7f1e46745d
24eb6d4719a6c3c6
dcf74df3
aac1930a2b81fba5
2f1b8607ca5d9e41
No 1, 5, 4, 0 1.5.4 10.224.1.63/32
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  • 16 items per page
  • 32 items per page
 
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