What is support.exe?
support.exe is a legitimate executable file developed by Dell, Inc. This process is known as Support and it belongs to Dell Support. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. Cybercriminals find a way out to mimic malicious programs in the name of support.exe to spread malware infection.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to detect whether your system is affected by support.exe?
Viruses can easily affect and corrupt “.exe” files causing several system malfunctions. Below are the symptoms to check if your system is infected with the malware:
- Problem during computer start-up.
- Problem during program start-up.
- Errors while running specific functions.
- Damaged and missing link files.
- Conflict in the process.
- Missing or corrupted driver files.
- Invalid Windows registry.
- Hardware malfunction.
To further establish the infection of malware, take the following steps:
- Go to Task Manager by pressing the combination of keys CTRL+ALT+DEL.
- Go to the process tab and right-click on the support.exe file and open its location.
If the file is located outside C:\Program Files, then you should perform an antivirus scan to get rid of the malware infection.
How does Comodo Antivirus help you to protect your system from support.exe malware?
Comodo Antivirus protects your system from malware attacks and also removes any existing infections. Following are the steps to effectively purge out the support.exe malware from your system.
Step 1: Download and install Comodo 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.
Step 5: Wait until the Comodo Internet Security updates the antivirus.
Step 6: Initiate a quick scan that instantly begins after the update.
Step 7: If the system is infected with support.exe malware or any other threats, you will be prompted with an alert screen upon scanning.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove support.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 | DDoser | Executable | 0a74678b8e941a58 3b5aa8c58bbeb30f 4dffba28 |
d12382ab93d5561f 61cfe6639a3b9f42 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 1703.8051. 8503.3554 |
1703.8051. 8503.3554 |
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N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | efd693ef38c5d735 a1df37118383d48a 8764cbb1 |
0003e0eadc7873f3 331f9dfcc7e04c89 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
Yes | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | d6ca84ac7cc5f989 63122fe15a02e963 db49a835 |
fadf8ed2044222bb d4c87ceb689a16c3 |
TrojWare.Win 32.TrojanDro pper.Dapato. BHRZ |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
4 | New World Computing | Executable | 9e58184b12e09ef5 8dfc9b3d39d2cb92 dc2aa43d |
2cf937476b8a7785 82c45898ddff87ad |
Virus.Win32. Sality.gen |
No | 1.5 | 1.5 | ![]() |
N/A |
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No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | c8d11ccd54e1ca0d 8d4a81e62e5f0237 d59409d5 |
e832d44535f7aa6b e0a4ff6c1a399d1e |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | N/A | Executable | c15b471ead74f636 b14a363724411a2a febf92a8 |
3b0081003846ee12 ed7f592e38689a17 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
3 | R.D.H. LLC | Executable | e1d758a96727c53f 205c73f3d358a0a2 458d0d2c |
7f4432f6f87178c6 8e1619c9ba51bf32 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
4 | N/A | Executable | cbb593ab02876cba 32411e0a6caea518 e7a6a00c |
bbcbce0d725b6eaa ed04201b28e8c162 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |