Most Common Malware Related Processes-EastAV.exe

EastAV.exe is a process belonging to a mass mailer worm. Once installed on an infected computer the worm will search for email addresses throughout the system and then send a copy of itself to all the email addresses it finds. The best way to avoid being infected with this kind of worm is to be vigilant when opening suspicious looking emails and always ensure that your security software is up to date and enabled to run.

As with many applications of this type EastAV.exe is set to run on startup, thanks to the addition of a registry entry. As such, it is also used to perform Denial of Service Attack on a number of different websites. If you discover that you have been infected and the EastAV.exe file is on your system then you should use updated security software to scan your computer and remove any infections that it finds. The disabling of the EastAV.exe process will only prevent the worm until you next restart your computer.










 

 

 

   

 

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