What is IObit Malware Fighter 3?

IObit Malware Fighter 3 is software application developed by IObit. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 47.95% of installations running this operating system. IObit Malware Fighter 3's installer is typically 74.00 MB in size and installs around 109 files. The most common release is 3.0 with 28.44% of all installations currently using this version.

IObit Malware Fighter 3 is most popular in the United States with 39.09% of installations residing in this country.

IObit Malware Fighter 3 adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, IObit Malware Fighter 3 is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

IMFsrv.exe runs as a service named 'IMF Service' (IMFservice) "IObit Malware Fighter Service".
bak.IMFsrv.exe runs as a service named 'IMF Service' (IMFservice) "IObit Malware Fighter Service".
IMFsrv_IObitDel.exe runs as a service named 'IMF Service' (IMFservice) "IObit Malware Fighter Service".

Firewall:

bak.IMF.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\IMF.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

IMF.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F0818DD2-EE56-428D-AAC8-B197BF500AD8}' (runs on registration).
unins001.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{085DCC41-DB68-4E14-BF50-206AB0D08C48}' (runs on registration).
bak.IMF.exe is scheduled as a task named 'IO' (runs on boot).
bak.IMFsrv.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D7653DD2-2CED-49FE-883A-E0B5B50699AA}' (runs on registration).
IMFUpdater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'IMF_AutoUpdate' (runs weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

IMF.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named IObit Malware Fighter_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.
XmasPromote.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named IMF Task (One-Time).
bak.IMF.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named IO.

Registry entries:

IMF.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'IMF.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\IMF.exe.
bak.IMF.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'IMF' and executes as C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\IMF.exe.
bak.IMFsrv.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'IMFsrv.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\IMFsrv.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.iobit.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\unins001.exe"

Size:

74.00 MB

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