How To Remove Activebridge.exe

Activebridge.exe is an exe extension based files which indicates it’s a process related to Windows operating system and brlongs to software ActiveCore or SystemMechanic. Means, if the associated applications is active on computer and being used, it’s common for users to see its presence through Task Manager. Also, this would not be a matter to worry about as the file is legit and safe. When installed, the Activebridge.exe is placed within Program Files directory within root installation drive, however its size may vary depending on version of software and Windows.

So, if you end up to see Activebridge.exe as an active process and its location is also same as mentioned above, the file is safe. However, in case if the file seems belong to other directory and eating more than enough of system resources, then probably it would be a trojan coin miner. Coin miner is a certain malware program that is developed by cyber crime master minds to generate digital currency like Bitcoin, Darkcoin, Monero, and so on. However, such applications cause the system to suffer terrible issues in form of frequent system crashes, freezing issues, and so on.

Once Activebridge.exe like trojan horse applications manage to infiltrate on targeted computers, it starts to use the computer’s resources for more than 80 percent, which leads to system crash or freezing problems. The computers may end to cause more other issues as well because the trojans can create loopholes or backdoor taking advantage of which more malware traits can be installed. In such instances, the user’s sensitive information can be revealed to hackers and misused for illicit purposes as well. Therefore, the identification and removal of Activebridge.exe is highly necessary.

Threat Summary

Name: Activebridge.exe
Type: Trojan horse infection, cryptominer
Description: Activebridge.exe is found to be a new coin miner application or a trojan that may lead to terrible issues without any prior notice.
Distribution: Deceptive pop up ads, links or malicious websites, freeware or shareware installer packages, and many more.
Removal: Get through the guidelines discussed under this article to remove Activebridge.exe from compromised machine.

As mentioned earlier, cyber-criminals have expertise to use some of the services offered by Windows System process as vulnerabilities. They usually mimic a legitimate system process with name of the Trojan or malware. They create the process of a Trojan same as some legitimate system process. In some cases, they easily get differentiated from legit processes however; some cases can be extremely difficult to distinguish.

If you examine the Windows process category in the Task Manager, you would easily notice the legitimate system process. However, if you notice duplicate files process, one must be a malware. This type of Trojan or malware continuously mines bitcoin or other crypto-currencies and this is a very high resource extensive process. The overall speed and performance of the PC gets extremely slow and sluggish. For depth enquiry, you can right click on the doubtful process and choose file location option in order to see the associated program. As a simple rule, if the file is stored in Windows/System32 folder, it is legitimate.

On the other hand, if the process is stored in the user’s processes or “Open the file” for the process leads to any random directories then it is doubtful. You should immediately scan your work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool. Remember that manual removal of harmful process related to Trojan or suspicious files are very difficult due to its deep intrusion and integration with the OS.

How to Remove Activebridge.exe

The first thing that you should do is to scan your work-station with a powerful anti-malware tool and that will be very helpful. On the other hand, if you have backup of your important data in any external clean location such as hard-drive or pen-drive etc. then formatting the infected hard-drive of the PC may also work for you. Remember that formatting the hard-drive may work for one PC but if the infected PC is connected with a network of PCs then this step will go in vain.

Click on the “Download” button to use “SpyHunter” anti-malware tool to clean your workstation.

 

• On click on the download button, the file named as “Spyhunter-Intaller.exe” gets downloaded.

• In the downloads dialog box, choose “SpyHunter Installer.exe” and open the file.

• Select “Yes” in the “User Account Control” dialog box.

• Select the language you prefer and press on “OK” to get next step

• In order to process the installation, press on “Continue”

• Accept the privacy policy and end user agreement.

• Open “SpyHunter” by locating its icon on the desktop or search it on Windows “Start” menu.

The next step is to use “SpyHunter” for PC scanning and malware removal.

• Go to the “Home tab” and press on “Start Scan” button

Wait for the few minutes to scan gets completed. On completion, it scan result report is presented on the screen.

⇒ Register for the Spyhunter and remove Activebridge.exe and all detected threats

To delete Activebridge.exe and all associated threats found through the system scan, you need to register for the SpyHunter:

• Click on the register button available on the top-right corner of the program window,and then click on buy button.
• You will automatically be redirected to the purchasing page, enter your customer detail and valid email address,
• After the successful payment, you will receive email confirmation message. The email contains the account information such as usernames and passwords and so on,
• Thereafter, enter the same detail in the Account tab of the settings section of the program. Now, you can avail full features and protection to your system.

⇒ Steps to remove Activebridge.exe and other detected threats:

Spyhunter antivirus tool categorizes the type of objects detected during system scans in total five sections – “Malware“, “PUPs” (Potentially Unwanted Programs), “Privacy“, “Vulnerabilities“, and “Whitelisted objects“

Select the object you want to remove and then click on Next button (you can quarantine an object so that you can anytime restore it to the system using restore feature)