Lsas.exe

Last Updated on Friday, 20 July 2012 09:55 Sunday, 19 July 2009 16:15

Harmful - EXE

Lsas.exe is a harmful file because it looks like Lsass.exe (LSA Shell) in Microsoft Windows. 

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Files by the name Lsas.exe are created by several computer virus programs that affect computers running on Microsoft windows operating systems. Their reports are given below. 

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C:\dir\Lsas.exe  

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C:\windows\Lsas.exe

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C:\windows\inf\Lsass.exe

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C:\windows\system32\lsas.exe

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C:\windows\system32\mui\lsas.exe 

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C:\Program Files\03C2C7\Lsas.exe

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C:\ProgramLog\lsas.exe

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%AppData%\lsas.exe

 (Full path for the short folder names)

There may be more files created by these virus programs. You can find them out. First locate and note down the "date of creation" of lsas.exe, and after that, search the hard disk for other files created on that date or onward. See image.

Necessary steps to remove these virus programs

• To remove processes created by the virus program from the Task Manager.
• To search and delete files created by the virus program from the hard disk. Enable to view "hidden files and folders" before you search. Otherwise files created by the virus program inside the hidden folders will not be found.
• To remove obsolete registry keys using CCleaner.