DUMMY.EXE

The file DUMMY.EXE is possibly a legitimate Windows file or a disguised threat. Please notice that malicious PC threats always good at delete or cover the legitimate files and then pretend to be normal files to compromise system. You may never realize that you have malicious DUMMY.EXE file hiding on your system. So it is highly recommended to run an instant full scan over your system to check for the file DUMMY.EXE and any other PE files ( dll, exe, sys, tmp, etc) to secure your computer system. Check and Diagnose DUMMY.EXE immediately.

Warning: If you find that the DUMMY.EXE process executes and runs from any other suspicious locations, you need to scan your computer with a security program. Because such fishy phenomenon could be caused by virus or trojan horse. Some of the viruses will disguise DUMMY.EXE running on your computer to attack the system and steal important data.

Possible Location:
C:\Documents and Settings
C:\WINDOWS\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\

Possible Infected Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

Recent Infected countries:
Christmas Island
Kiribati
Peru

How to Remove a False DUMMY.EXE?

It is a high risk to remove the DUMMY.EXE file by manual unless you are extremely good at computer maintenance. Most of the malicious files including DUMMY.EXE are pretended in the file extensions. If you incorrectly remove the necessary file extensions, this operation will damage your computer. What is worse, you can not ensure that you can remove DUMMY.EXE file completely from your PC and your system becomes corrupted. Thus, for most of the computer users, it is suggested to download and install Best Spyware Scanner to scan and remove infected DUMMY.EXE and other threats such as Virus, Trojan, Adware and Spyware.