What is xcopy.exe?
xcopy.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Extended Copy Utility. It belongs to Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by Microsoft. It is commonly stored in C:\WINDOWS\. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as xcopy.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with xcopy.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 xcopy.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the xcopy.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 other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
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 xcopy.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\WINDOWS\ files then the system is not affected by xcopy.exe , if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by xcopy.exe malware.
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Windows OS PC Security Softwares:
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 6e5a31c1b8e07b8d b1142ecd9da33df4 fb861015 |
2d93206c1e2e370b 174620605c4743e4 |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 5.1.2600.2 180 (xpsp_sp2_ rtm.040803 -2158) |
5.1.2600.2 180 |
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N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | 0695fdd4303841f1 eb38cf512cbc4d40 1529bdbb |
d8d912d498ce77d0 d98d026b778ed29f |
Win32.Neshta .A |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A |
3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | a9fd8e9c7c7076fe a5e58be69abed529 03fcccef |
7014dc3e19f174d7 415436aa8a2eee4b |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 6.1.7600.1 6385 (win7_rtm. 090713-125 5) |
6.1.7600.1 6385 |
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N/A |
4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | f052745e9c37c9ea 6424f5f3c08f7bad d790100d |
512b05cd2a392764 45531d64d35d23fe |
Virus.Win32. Virut.CE |
No | 5.1.2600.5 512 (xpsp.0804 13-2111) |
5.1.2600.5 512 |
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N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | 644ed1e4926bbae8 b88d37d6158d7aae ff4323f1 |
57a78e4f3ad7d079 429973662683ff55 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
2 | N/A | Executable | 1bde3e4c866b9d68 6a64500d2ca7c8b1 3cd3269a |
0cb2672d2dc3f011 03d2b6d9d120aa16 |
No | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
3 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 2f1a2a5156623a41 f6c385f83b53f0c5 a1dc6924 |
7e9b7ce496d09f70 c072930940f9f02c |
No | 10.0.19041 .1 (WinBuild. 160101.080 0) |
10.0.19041 .1 |
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4 | Microsoft Corporation | Executable | 59029c0c3131eeb3 71070e46c3cca562 97eb18ac |
70455ca8dddabc4c 6271a6a640efd8c6 |
No | 6.3.9600.1 6384 (winblue_r tm.130821- 1623) |
6.3.9600.1 6384 |
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