How to Remove Sass.exe

By Thomas King

There are several free anti-malware programs available online, including Microsoft Security Essentials.
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Sass.exe is a process used by the Troj/Funsta-A Trojan. This trojan is particularly dangerous because it opens a security hole that allows remote hackers to access your computer and steal your personal information, including online banking passwords. Removing sass.exe may impair the trojan, but it will not remove it. Thus, you should run an up-to-date anti-malware program after removing sass.exe.

Log-in to the Windows operating system using your administrator name and password.

Click "Start," type "cmd" into the search field and press "Enter" to open the Command Prompt.

Type the following commands into the Command Prompt. Press "Enter" after each command.

taskkill sass.exe

del sass.exe

Type "Exit" and press "Enter" to close the Command Prompt.

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