How To Remove dwm.exe

dwm.exe is an essential file and a software component of Windows operating system. Technically the filename stands for Desktop Window Manager, which simply indicates to a window manager that renders various effects in Windows such as transparent windows, live taskbar thumbnails, high resolution monitor support and so on. Means, the file is highly necessary to make sure your Windows operating system working fine. However, in some cases, this file name can also be used by criminals to disguise their malicious trojans, that runs in system background to do malicious doings. To know more about dwm.exe malicious copy and how to deal with its unintentional presence on computer, keep reading this tutorial.

Speaking about the working of dwm.exe, actually most of the applications which are when used on computer, don’t draw their displays directly on screen, but write the picture of their window in a specific memory. Further, the Windows operating system use to create one “Composite” view of all windows on screen before it’s displayed on monitor. And all these tasks are processed by dwm.exe. Means, if the file somehow corrupts or went missing, the users will surely end up to face hassles.

But, in case if a trojan copy of dwm.exe is installed, it can be seen through Windows Task Manager, which can also be found eating more than enough of system resources. Although, the file in such cases may seem identical to real one, it will just cause hassles to users in face of reduced system performance, failure of original dwm.exe file, and even BSOD error prompts sometimes. Moreover, a trojan can do even more like corrupting system files, allowing remote connectivity to hackers, stealing your personal or private details, and many more. Thus, the victims must identify and delete dwm.exe out of their machine soon, if they justify their system is infected by dwm.exe named trojan.

How dwm.exe virus may infiltrate on computers?

Alike most of the trojans, dwm.exe are mostly carried through free third party installer setups or fake software updater which are often spread over web through malicious websites. The criminals use Software Bundling and other measures to hide their malicious codes within third party applications, and share them online for widely downloaded/installed. Once such apps are installed on computers, it asks for no administrative permissions to include dwm.exe as well on system, which further leads to issues. To remove dwm.exe trojan from computers, refer to sections discussed under this post.

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 dwm.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 dwm.exe and all detected threats

To delete dwm.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 dwm.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)