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netfilter.exe - Information

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netfilter.exe - Information

Post by Doctor Inferno on Thu 16 Jul - 5:27



What is netfilter.exe? It is an executable file from a rouge antivirus software known as Personal Antivirus.





File Location

  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\


File Behaviour

  • This process is encrypted using a software packing process.
  • Copies files.
  • Executes a process.
  • This Process disables other processes.
  • This process creates other processes.
  • Executes a process.
  • Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products.


File Size

  • 27,136 bytes
  • 54,272 bytes
  • 74,752 bytes


File Type

  • Executable File


Alias Names

  • 53974662.exe
  • 02958097.exe
  • 46937107.exe
  • 81239537.exe
  • 05709417.exe


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Re: netfilter.exe - Information

Post by bassline on Sat 22 Aug - 12:16

Is this safe to delete? I'm nervous about deleting system32 files from my girlfriends parent's computer. They had the whole Personal Antivirus thing as well. Every site they go to on the internet says "it's not safe to do so", because there could be malware on it.

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Re: netfilter.exe - Information

Post by bassline on Sat 22 Aug - 12:19

There's also another pf file called 'NETFILTER.EXE-141BCA0A.pf', is that related?

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Re: netfilter.exe - Information

Post by bassline on Sat 22 Aug - 13:13

Nevermind, I got rid of the issue using Malwarebytes

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