What is services.exe?
services.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Services and Controller app and it is associated with Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is used to manage the operations of starting and stopping the services. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write the different types of malicious programs and name it as services.exe to infect the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with services.exe?
The type of malware programs varies and the mode of infection also varies. Any of the following can alert you if the system is infected.
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the services.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system performance is very low
- If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
- If the system freezes quiet often
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 services.exe and open the location, if the location is sub folder of C:\Windows\System32 then the system is not affected by services.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by services.exe malware.
How to remove the services.exe file from system using Comodo Antivirus
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security.
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: 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 the services.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
First Seen: 01 May 2021 at 2:09 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N/A | Executable | cf6bbd6795152d0b aec1eef6db2436c0 c6bc2706 |
a12741f1516cf84d 59e2d09aa38ac6ee |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | N/A | N/A |  Venezuela |
N/A |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 8dbd8264a226a473 627ee5f95a302cf1 dcbb6815 |
b4105812d4d2ae88 f45ee1dac7c71c98 |
Backdoor.Win 32.Farfli.CJ T |
No | 6.1.7600.1 6385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
6.1.7600.1 6385 |
 10.224.25.177/32 |
N/A |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 765501c667255306 646529a6e4ca4b38 708eb305 |
d445e56e06f1dc57 0fb309c9c8db2e12 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 5.1.2600.5 512 (xpsp.0804 13-2111) |
5.1.2600.5 512 |
 Algeria |
N/A |
| 4 | N/A | Executable | 178e799be861c5df cca8b959cc673878 88c6a10a |
8426f816c9dab2d3 e12bddd2ae689da4 |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A |  Turkey |
N/A |
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First Seen: 07 August 2012 at 8:22 am
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | ab3281274730d34b a320bcd91257867c 56a2b2cc |
575fb4211bb07db7 d2179b1b05fe7efd |
No | 6.2.9200.1 6384 (win8_rtm. 120725-124 7) |
6.2.9200.1 6384 |
 United States |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | c4b1f6229e308dba ad33bf25654efe74 0b9b24e3 |
43e1fbeb10f6ba65 cd8c36d160ad0721 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
| 3 | N/A | Executable | db677737050d75ac dbbd03bc91b4a2e8 53fb4777 |
34bc5fecdc4d3349 3bce7576f5d4ae64 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | e5704d8e560122c2 a23de8912ae63b21 3d67c860 |
e606e7e0d5e94af8 222715a24df0776b |
Yes | 10.0.19041 .3636 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .3636 |
United States |
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