What is Xfirefox.exe and how to delete it?

 

Have you noticed Xfirefox.exe file in the list of installed program? Does your PC behaves too much slower and weird than before? Do you want to know actually what is it and how to deal with it? If so, go through with this post completely. Here, you will get detailed information about Xfirefox.exe, its payloads and its removal solution which is described at the end of this post. 

What is Xfirefox.exe?

Xfirefox.exe is an extension file that is based on the legal Firefox Developer Build. Cyber hacker has modified a copy of original Mozilla Firefox Edition and load with thousand of advertisements, commercial videos and promotional images on the set intervals. This extension file is a part of the Trojan infection that make modifications to the startup entry and task scheduler. The affected System users are reported that they gets two instances of Firefox edition pop up at the random intervals. The windows opened by this file may includes the content from untrusted web pages and feature links to the unreliable online shops. The webpages opened by this file are usually recorded to prev.dat file which can be find out to the SysWow64 folder under Windows directory. 

This extension files keeps a log of your browsing activity, online history, cookies etc and used to blacklist networks and domains that associated with the cyber hackers. Keep in your mind that, it may appears as as legitimate but actually it is completely harmful for the affected PC.  This is a non-system processes that originated for the installed software. Xfirefox.exe is actually part pf Nightly product which is developed by Mozilla Corporation. Malware researchers are found it as a dangerous file. That's why, there is no any reason to keep it inside your PC.

Where does Xfirefox.exe comes from?

Xfirefox.exe has been detected as a vicious Trojan infection that gets installed into the user PC secretly by using several deceptive and tricky ways. Most of the times, it travels along with the freeware and shareware packages. When you download and install any cost-free applications such as images, videos, PDFs, documents, games, movies etc then it secretly lurks inside the PC without asking for your approval. It can also enter into your PC when you visiting any suspicious links including hacked or porn sites, playing online games, sharing files over P2P network, using infected external devices etc.

What can Xfirefox.exe do?

As soon as Xfirefox.exe successfully invades to your PC, it adds malicious entries to your registry and modifies your entire System settings. It replicate itself in the compromised PC and start each time when user opened their PC. The presence of this Trojan will make your System much slower and weird than before because it consumes plenty of Computer and network resources. It has ability to download other malicious threats, worms, ransomware keyloggers etc onto your PC. What's make it worse, it has the ability to gather victims all sensitive data such as banking login details, password, username, ID, address, contact details etc and then exposed them with scammers. For the sake of privacy and keep PC protected, it is very necessary to delete Xfirefox.exe as soon as possible.

 

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How to Remove Xfirefox.exe from Compromised PC (Manual Steps)

(This guide is intended to help users in following Step by Step instructions in making Windows Safe)

The first step which need to be followed is to Restart Windows PC in Safe Mode

Reboot in Safe Mode (For Windows XP | Vista | Win7)

1. Restart Computer
2. Tap on F8 continuously when the PC starts booting and select the option to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

For Windows 8/8.1

1. Press on the Start Button and then Choose Control Panel from the menu option
2. Users need to opt for System and Security, to select Administrative Tools and then System Configuration.

3.  Next, Click on the Safe Boot option and then choose OK, this will open a pop-up window, next Select Restart Option.

For Windows 10

1. Start Menu is to be selected to Open it
2. Press the power button icon which is present in the right corner, this will display power options menu.
3. Keeping the SHIFT Key pressed on the keyboard, select the restart option. This will reboot Win 10
4. Now you need to select the Troubleshoot icon, followed by advanced option in the startup Settings. Click on Restart. This will give the option to reboot, now select Enter Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2. Uninstall Xfirefox.exe from Task Manager on Windows

How to End the Running Process related to Xfirefox.exe using Task Manager

1. Firstly, Open Task Manager by Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc in Combination
2. Next, Click on processes to Find Xfirefox.exe
3. Now Click and select End Process to terminate Xfirefox.exe.

Step3: How to Uninstall Xfirefox.exe from Control Panel on Windows

for Win XP| Vista and Win 7 Users

1. Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Control Panel is to be selected from the list
3. Next Click on Uninstall Program
4. Users need to Choose suspicious program related to Xfirefox.exe and right clicking on it.
5. Finally, Select Uninstall option.

For Win 8

• Click and Select “Charms bar”
• Now Select Settings Option
• Next Click on Control Panel
• Select on Uninstall a Program Option and right click on program associated to Xfirefox.exe and finally uninstall it.

For Windows 10

1. The first Step is to Click and Select on Start Menu
2. Now Click on All Apps
3. Choose Xfirefox.exe and other suspicious program from the complete list
4. Now right Click on to select Xfirefox.exe and finally Uninstall it from Windows 10

Step: 4 How to Delete Xfirefox.exe Created Files from Registry

• Open Registry by Typing Regedit in the Windows Search Field and then press on Enter.
• This will open the registry entries. Now users need to press CTRL + F together and type Xfirefox.exe to find the entries.
• Once located, delete all Xfirefox.exe named entries. If you are unable to find it, you need to look up for it on the directories manually. Be careful and delete only Xfirefox.exe entries, else it can damage your Windows Computer severely.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random

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