What it is mb2.exe ?

Question

Because Ad-Aware is blocked when arrive to this "mb2.exe".
Also BitDefender consider it as suspect of "Win32.Backdoor"
I have tried to cancel it, but it is not possible.!

Answer 1

Geese some people don't know what their talking about, its not a virus but it is spyware go to www.AVG.com download AVG and it should take care of it when you do a system scan. if this doesn't help email me at [e-mail]

Answer 2

its an executable file are u trying to download something??? mb2.exe is a game magic ball 2!

Answer 3

that is a very bad virus, use norton to kill or wipe out your computer but do not save a backup because it will contain the virus also. I'm very sorry.

Answer 4

I did a search for mb2.exe and came up with two items. First, this could be a CD/DVD writing, ISO image burning tool used to write images for booting as OS from a CD/DVD drive. Second, there is a game which also has a simular executable.

Have you recently attempted to download a game program or a CD/DVD software utility? If so then Ad-aware and BitDefender programs are throwing a false positive on malware, which is not an uncommon occurance. Any time a security program is unsure of what a particular file or item is it will pop up a warning. If you were in the process of a download then it stands to reason that this is a part of that download.

Now, even though it may be a legitimate download, that does not mean it is a clean or safe download. Inexperianced indivduals are constantly downloading "free" stuff from the net which is full of malware. If they only wind up with a bad case of spyware they are lucky, as often this results in viruses, worms, trojans, and other more viscious forms of garbage.

Your best bet it to scan any downloaded files with your virus scanner by right clicking on the file and selecting "scan with X security program" with X representing whichever vendors program you have installed on your system. If you do not have a virus scanner on your system or if you do and it is not up to date with its virus signatures, then get one right away and run it. If it is not updated, or if it is older than 2005 you need a new program, or at least an updated version of the one currently installed.

Depending upon your situation here are a few suggestions: First, if you do not currently have a virus scanning software program installed and enabled on your system, go get one. If you can't afford a commercial product (one which you pay for) go for the freeware ones, not shareware. Shareware is a "trial" version of the software program and after the trial is over you have to pay for it or the signatures stop updating which is no better than not having one installed. Sometimes it is worse because it can give users a sense they are partially protected which lulls them into a false sense of security. You can review many different freeware programs here:

http://www.cnet.com/downloads

In the upper corner of the website is a search box. Put in Virus Scanning or other relative termonology and hit Search or Go, whichever the button says. A new page with several different vendors solutions will appear. Some will be commercial, some shareware, and some freeware. You will need to go check out several before deciding whch will work best for you.

Please keep in mind that a Virus program is very difficult to remove off a system it has been installed on. This is due to the fact the program must embed deeply into the OS in order to carry out the protection of the system. This is normal but gives conniptions when trying to remove it. If it is not removed fully and a different program is then installed the user will be lucky to just wind up with a unstable system, unprotected system as the left over fragments DO cause incompatability in the OS. It could show problems right away, or take some time to show up, with some event triggering the revealing of the problem. I say, "revealing" as the problem has existed from the beginnng, but stayed hidden from sight until the trigger set off a series of events which shows the instability, lack of protection, ie a virus gets through, or a system crash. So, make sure you have taken all the time needed to review the software first, and read what others say about it, and then decide which will be best for your needs, and only THEN download and install the program. Ignore this advice at your own risk, I take no responsibility as I have properly warned you, and it is not even my responsibility to do so, but I have as a favor to you here at Yahoo! Anwers.

Now, if you DO have a virus program but it has either lapsed its subscription OR is over two years old, which means any version older than 2005, then it is time to update to a newer version and/or renew your subscription. Do whichever meets your needs or fits your situation.

Also on CNET Downloads is a great little utlity all systems should have in their toolbox. It is called CCleaner, for Crap Cleaner, but is much more than just a disk cleaning tool. It does a supurb job cleaning up all those old uneeded files cluttering up your hard drive, temp files, old install files and all sorts of stuff you wouldn't even dream exists on your drive, but are there just due to browsing the web, it also has a Cookie Manager, which is great as you can keep the cookies you need and get rid of the rest. Windows and IE7 only allow for removing all or none of the cookies websites place on hard drives, but this tool lets you keep the important ones such as the ones Yahoo! uses for your e-mail login, Answers login, etc, and other sites you like to use often and have accounts on. However, these are only a few and after only a few days of browsing the web you can have all sorts of cookies littering your hard drive. This tool also has a Startup Manager, which allows users to control and manage which programs are in the All Users Startup folder and start up at boot. This is great for trimming unneeded programs from slowing down startup by loading each time you turn on your system. It also has a Software Removal Tool which works much better than the Windows Add/Remove applet in removing unwanted software and even listes programs not listed in that applet. Now, last but not least it has a Registry cleaner, which cleans up after the removal of software. It works great, has an easy back up and merge feature which backs up right into My Documents and then a folder you create in the My Documents and you can set an option for a popup window to prompt you to backup before running the tool. All in all this is a must have and did I mention that it is FREE? Yep, totally, 100% free, which makes it even better, but even if it cost I would have it, as it is that good of a utility. It is also very small, takes up practically no hard drive space, and is so simple to use an eight year old could use it.

After you install it a link is provided to easy instructions and a Users Manual which you can place into your favorites for easy access or download onto your hard drive. I prefer to leave it on their server rather than clutter up my disk.

Now, I wish you all the best and a great day too!

Answer 5

A virus.