Harmful gameclien.exe
The file name gameclien.exe has appeared in an virus analysis report. It is identified as a gaming trojan that attempts to steal online gamer’s user names and passwords. It connects to remote hosts. It infects Internet explorer browser. This virus installer may download more harmful files from the internet.
It is always possible that there could be some legitimate application using the same file name, you should be in a better position to find that out, if the file/process on your computer belongs to some legitimate application or not by using special software like the Microsoft’s Windows Defender and Sysinternal’s Process Explorer. Both are freeware.
You need to search and delete its files and end any running process from Task Manager, and remove the file’s entry from windows startup.
These are the files created by this virus installer
C:\Program Files\WLmhzx\gameclien.exe
C:\Windows\System32\mhzx.bat
C:\Windows\System32\mhzx.reg
C:\Windows\System32\mhzxin.bat
C:\Windows\System32\sougou.ime
These are the folders created
C:\Program Files\WLmhzx
You need to follow these steps.
- Enable to view hidden files and folders
- remove these processes from Task manager
gameclien.exe - Remove entries of the file from windows startup which you can access using the msconfig command.
- Search and delete the the files listed above from the computer’s hard disk using the windows search utility
- In the end use a freeware temp files cleaner like the CCleaner to celan the temp files and the registry.
- Check the computer with online Scanners to find out if the computer is clean and safe.
This is a brief guide for handheld devices. For detailed article see the link below using your laptop/computer. http://comprolive.com/remove/harmful/exe/gameclien-exe
Categories: Gaming Trojans