How to Remove “skin.exe”

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!

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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 28 November 2011 at 6:49 pm
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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 Internal Submission N/A
2 NULL Executable bb4013b3fc1bc124
c4ebd66f60a2c13c
6a7d4438
ad955c316cfe1ad0
ef1aaa966eba0107
Unclassified
Malware
No NULL 1.0.0.0 Internal Submission N/A
3 software Executable 8f83d91ee8cfd31d
1dc31a1e76c322a3
4a513dc3
0c3128d9be4e9dec
00f5cba2b47fcdd9
Unclassified
Malware
No 1.0.0.0 1.0.0.0 United States N/A
4 ACZ Executable d65a725ebb3e015d
f67bf0ac7dd0d9c7
c808722a
f3f38dd325bbb9d2
aa33beaed732e680
Virus.Win32.
Virut.Ce
No 2.5.1.4 2.1.1.0 Canada N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 04 June 2008 at 4:52 am
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 10.224.1.59/32
2 N/A Executable 70c387534cb8da09
cf83355db75b6ece
c98eb502
0c6af42b733d0575
ab40050451c21bcb
No 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 Internal Submission
3 N/A Executable 3570a53a0b8365d4
ec5e991f3cc88497
f89deb79
a4e47922d1ae692b
62f790d8229ecf4e
Yes N/A N/A United States
4 Cruxp2p Executable d1dc80668ca5e2d7
581c47322eeeb01d
54dcb2cd
ee0dc39224ee3a83
d2614ad3a74e40d7
No 1, 0, 12,
7
2, 5, 5, 0 United States
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