How to Remove “sinus.exe”

What is sinus.exe?

sinus.exe is a legitimate file process developed by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team. This process is known as GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In and it belongs to GNU Image Manipulation Program. You can locate the file in C:\Program Files. The virus is created by malware authors and is named after sinus.exe file.

Affected Platform: Windows OS

How to check if your computer is infected with sinus.exe malware?

Keep an eye for the following symptoms to check if your PC is infected with sinus.exe malware:

  • Unstable internet connection
  • Browser redirects to unwanted websites
  • PC performance slows down
  • Browser is bombarded with hordes of popup ads
  • System screen freezes repeatedly

If you find any of  the above mentioned symptoms, take the following steps to be sure about the malware infection:

  • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.
  • Go to the process tab and right-click on the sinus.exe file and open its location.

If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should take measures to get rid of the malware.

How to remove sinus.exe  malware from system with Comodo Cleaning Essentials?

Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) incorporates antivirus software with unique features like auto-sandboxing to identify and obstruct every suspicious process running on an endpoint with a single click. To remove sinus.exe malware using CCE, follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1: Download the CCE suite.

Step 2: To start the application, double-click on the CCE.exe file.

Step 3: It then probes the antivirus to initiate a full system scan to identify and remove any existing malicious files.

Step 4: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.

Step 5: Comodo Cleaning Essentials will remove sinus.exe  malware from your computer including all other malwares!

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Malware Entries

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First Seen: 20 April 2012 at 3:28 pm
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Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
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Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable 2b88f68f3c93909d
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No N/A N/A Russian Federation N/A
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Virus.Win32.
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No N/A N/A Czech Republic N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 22 November 2008 at 12:26 am
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 N/A Executable ef743d8784257b4d
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4fae6e45
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No N/A N/A Internal Submission
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No N/A N/A Internal Submission
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Yes N/A N/A Internal Submission
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