How to Remove “smss.exe”

What is smss.exe?


smss.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Session Manager Subsystem. This is responsible for handling sessions on your system and belongs to Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is commonly stored in C:\Windows\System32 The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as smss.exe to damage the software and hardware.
 
Affected Platform: Windows OS
 

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


Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with smss.exe  malware
  • If the internet connection fluctuation is high 
  • If the smss.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory 
  • If the system performance is very low
  • If the system is redirected to some strange websites 
  • If the system is getting some annoying popup ads 
  • If the system freezes quiet often
  • If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private information
When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with setup.exe  malware. 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 smss.exe file and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Windows\System32 then the system is not affected by smss.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by smss.exe malware.
 
How to remove the smss.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 smss.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
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Malware Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 09 October 2011 at 12:03 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Malware
Name
Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
Malware Behavior
1 N/A Executable 44ee6abbd54a5327
78017737aa9efe08
05be71b2
b24cfdeea3a6fa57
47231b3c3c6fc41a
Unclassified
Malware
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
2 N/A Executable 9a28610ea1ad206b
98cc78058ba97729
d05d3fc1
30b7283ef24207e2
3f8b589b51a5fbe5
TrojWare.Win
32.TrojanDro
pper.Agent.~
AAEE
No N/A N/A Internal Submission N/A
3 N/A Executable 27505f23ca3ad7ab
144e63f8d0f4922a
991c8e01
be9f506916170c20
030f13fd4d9d8209
Packed.Win32
.MUPX.Gen
No N/A N/A Slovakia N/A
4 Microsoft Update Executable f0e86af9ee066f1a
85f7114f3a8bc497
dd1a7718
a36158f09dc0913a
5e93b0b30f33d53c
Unclassified
Malware
No 6.16.9 Microsoft
Corporatio
n
Europe N/A
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Safe Entries

Safe Entries
First Seen: 25 June 2008 at 3:36 pm
No. Company File Type SHA1 MD5 Digitally
Signed
File
Version
Product
Version
Submitted
From
1 尹腾 Executable 4c6c8ea662ef137e
2645f0759cae7839
fb59bd8e
683f3dadb86d14cc
98820be41efd4d03
No 3.02.0021 3.02.0021 Internal Submission
2 Light Star Information Executable 51830da238932454
68900c497a4bfc68
fd51ac66
5fd5a7d0883b23ad
a0b9340831f7bf3d
Yes 0, 0, 0,
249
0, 0, 0,
249
United States
3 Microsoft Corporation Executable 92c308d21495b6e4
a4f38cbb348e658e
c56a0c9a
e6555b70cc5c9d65
e2fdf035ea479c32
No 5.2.3790.3
959
(srv03_sp2
_rtm.07021
6-1710)
5.2.3790.3
959
Internal Submission
4 Microsoft Corporation Executable ee8b39cf815b2b77
4389b157fb6801fd
5b1bf9a4
a8ee5d47b54be46b
b51d53ab4474e6d2
No 3.51 3.51 Internal Submission
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