{"id":64021,"date":"2016-11-23T03:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T00:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/how-to\/remove-uninstall-sound-exe-exe-virus-redirect.htm"},"modified":"2016-11-23T03:08:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T00:08:48","slug":"remove-uninstall-sound-exe-exe-virus-redirect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/how-to\/remove-uninstall-sound-exe-exe-virus-redirect.htm","title":{"rendered":"How to clean SOUND.EXE.EXE virus? Use SOUND.EXE.EXE Manual Removal Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpInsert wpInsertInPostMy wpInsertAbove\" style=\"padding: 0px;\"><\/div><p>Be careful! Full path on computer: <b>%COMMON APPDATA%\\DRIVERS\\SOUND.EXE.EXE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><h2>What is SOUND.EXE.EXE?<\/h2>\n<p>SOUND.EXE.EXE is reported and classified as malicious program (malware).<br \/>\nSOUND.EXE.EXE actively resists detection and employs a number of techniques to ensure that you cannot remove SOUND.EXE.EXE from infected computers.<\/\/p><div class=\"wpInsert wpInsertInPostMy wpInsertMiddle\"><\/div><h2>How SOUND.EXE.EXE got on your computer?<\/h2>\n<p>Phishing is the most common way for malware to infect computers.<br \/>\nIt could be a fake email message that appears to be originated from Microsoft Customer Service, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, or even your bank or insurance company.<br \/>\nFake emails that appear to come from the police, the FBI and other government entities were also reported.<\/p>\n<p>SOUND.EXE.EXE could also infect your computer by exploiting a security vulnerability of your Web browser or one of its plugins.<br \/>\nIf this is the case, SOUND.EXE.EXE would be injected into a Web page, and could get to your PC when you visited a malicious or hacked Web site.<\/p>\n<p>SOUND.EXE.EXE can be distributed with legitimate software that is repackaged by the scammers.<br \/>\nIt could be downloaded from warez Web sites or download archives.<\/p>\n<h2>How do you know you have SOUND.EXE.EXE on my computer?<\/h2>\n<p>SOUND.EXE.EXE works in background. It does not appear as a window, does not have a shortcut.<br \/>\nSOUND.EXE.EXE hides its existence from your eyes.<\/p>\n<h2>How to remove SOUND.EXE.EXE?<\/h2>\n<p>It may not be easy!<br \/>\nBe careful!<br \/>\n<b>Make a full backup of your PC before starting.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Removal guide for SOUND.EXE.EXE:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li> <b>Uninstall SOUND.EXE.EXE<\/b> using Windows uninstallation applet  (use Add\/Remove Programs or Uninstall Program or Apps &#038; features).\n<li>  Open Task Manager to <b>kill all &quot;SOUND.EXE.EXE&quot; related processes<\/b>.\n<li>  Use Windows search to find and <b>remove &quot;SOUND.EXE.EXE&quot; files and folders<\/b>.\n<li>  Run <b>services.msc to disable a &quot;SOUND.EXE.EXE&quot;<\/b> Windows service.\n<li>  Execute <b>taskschd.msc to get rid of &quot;SOUND.EXE.EXE&quot;<\/b> scheduled tasks.\n<li>  Open regedit.exe and <b>delete SOUND.EXE.EXE registry keys<\/b> and values.\n<li>  Check your <b>shortcuts on your desktop and in the Start menu<\/b> for SOUND.EXE.EXE presence. Fix infected shortcuts.\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/how-to\/remove-virus-google-chrome.htm\">Remove a virus from Google Chrome<\/a>.\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/howto\/remove-virus-internet-explorer.htm\">Remove a virus from Internet Explorer<\/a>.\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/howto\/remove-virus-from-mozilla-firefox.htm\">Remove a virus from Mozilla Firefox<\/a>.\n<li> Clean your Recycle bin and temporary files.\n<\/ol>\n<p>Autostart registry keys:<br \/>\nHKCU\\SOFTWARE\\MICROSOFT\\WINDOWS\\CURRENTVERSION\\RUNONCE\\VIDEO DRIVER: &#8220;%COMMON APPDATA%\\DRIVERS\\SOUND.EXE.EXE&#8221;<br \/>\nRelated Files:<br \/>\n%COMMON APPDATA%\\DRIVERS\\SOUND.EXE.EXE<\/p>\n<h2>File Information SOUND.EXE.EXE:<\/h2>\n<p>Virustotal = <b>48\/56<\/b><br \/>\nMD5 =  <b>8C126F4C8D05D301EE76316454350F02<\/b><br \/>\nFile Size: 364032<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpInsert wpInsertInPostMy wpInsertBelow\" style=\"padding: 0px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solved! Here is SOUND.EXE.EXE removal guide how to quickly remove (uninstall &#038; cleanup) SOUND.EXE.EXE from your computer. Follow this instruction to remove SOUND.EXE.EXE ads, redirect, homepage in the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge.<br \/>\n   <br \/><a style=\"color: #42A2CE\" href=\"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/how-to\/remove-uninstall-sound-exe-exe-virus-redirect.htm\"><u>More&#8230;<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51029],"tags":[68459,68461,68458,68460,68462],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}