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!
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Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
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First Seen: 19 October 2009 at 11:38 pm
| No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 2d79a17a7f226b4a 3bc25d47d73570f9 a33aac1a |
14b88ff483301251 2278a5f3a5712bd2 |
Yes | 10.0.19041 .2788 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .2788 |
 United States |
| 2 | N/A | Non-executable | 524075ea5eb2d035 cbab857e70c0d581 22b20800 |
e069f9a79e753a1d eab4811f04005797 |
No | N/A | N/A | United States |
| 3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | e5704d8e560122c2 a23de8912ae63b21 3d67c860 |
e606e7e0d5e94af8 222715a24df0776b |
Yes | 10.0.19041 .3636 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .3636 |
United States |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 0a973f5ed0bb697c be46d7d016629061 667d83b6 |
c9998b1fbd08ec9e 2f2914ba7718f297 |
Yes | 10.0.19041 .1 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .1 |
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