What is skin.exe?
skin.exe is a legitimate process file popularly known as Skin.exe. It belongs to Shareaza Skin Installer, developed by Shareaza Skin Installer. It is located in C:\Windows\System32 by default.
Malware programmers write virus files with malicious scripts and save them as skin.exe with an intention to spread virus on the internet.
Affected Platforms: Windows OS
How to determine if your computer is infected with skin.exe malware?
Look out for these symptoms to check if your PC is infected with skin.exe malware:
- Unstable internet connection
- skin.exe occupies extra CPU space
- PC processing speed slows down
- Browser often redirects to irrelevant websites
- Browser is bombarded with hordes of popup ads
- Computer screen freezes repeatedly
Take the following steps to diagnose your PC for possible skin.exe malware attack:
Step 1: Simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+DEL keys to open Task Manager.
Step 2: If you notice the file located outside C:\Windows\System32, perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware.
How to remove skin.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Step 1: Download our award-winning Free Antivirus.
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 after the installation gets over
Step 5: Wait for Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with the quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be notified through an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove skin.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 | N/A | Executable | a679b0874e7fd06c 5da94bfb4a2a829a 4a4f74b1 |
435fc97babec6cb2 db1dd1cb6be45f73 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
2 | NULL | Executable | bb4013b3fc1bc124 c4ebd66f60a2c13c 6a7d4438 |
ad955c316cfe1ad0 ef1aaa966eba0107 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | NULL | 1.0.0.0 | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | software | Executable | 8f83d91ee8cfd31d 1dc31a1e76c322a3 4a513dc3 |
0c3128d9be4e9dec 00f5cba2b47fcdd9 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 1.0.0.0 | 1.0.0.0 | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | ACZ | Executable | d65a725ebb3e015d f67bf0ac7dd0d9c7 c808722a |
f3f38dd325bbb9d2 aa33beaed732e680 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.Ce |
No | 2.5.1.4 | 2.1.1.0 | ![]() |
N/A |
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shareaza Development Team | Executable | 32f0c8a911c542ed b9b53e5d7c160f7d c361a875 |
d3a2c8d2cfa0f784 fdfdfaf5955f9c56 |
No | 1, 0, 12, 7 |
2, 5, 5, 0 | ![]() |
2 | N/A | Executable | 70c387534cb8da09 cf83355db75b6ece c98eb502 |
0c6af42b733d0575 ab40050451c21bcb |
No | 0.0.0.0 | 0.0.0.0 | ![]() |
3 | N/A | Executable | 3570a53a0b8365d4 ec5e991f3cc88497 f89deb79 |
a4e47922d1ae692b 62f790d8229ecf4e |
Yes | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4 | Cruxp2p | Executable | d1dc80668ca5e2d7 581c47322eeeb01d 54dcb2cd |
ee0dc39224ee3a83 d2614ad3a74e40d7 |
No | 1, 0, 12, 7 |
2, 5, 5, 0 | ![]() |