How to remove the Abel virus

Most antivirus programs identify Abel.exe as malware, e.g. Sophos identifies it as Cain n Abel, and Avast identifies it as Win32:Trojan-gen.
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Abel.exe file information

The process known as Abel belongs to software Cain & Abel or LEARN Microsoft® Word xp by oxid.it (www.oxid.it).

Description: Abel.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in the folder C:\Windows or in a subfolder of C:\ or in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 27,648 bytes (54% of all occurrences), 26,112 bytes, 27,136 bytes or 90,112 bytes.
Abel.exe is a file without information about the developer of this file. The program has no visible window. It is not a Windows core file. You can uninstall this program in the control panel. Abel.exe is able to manipulate other programs and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 46% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
You could uninstall the software Cain & Abel or LEARN Microsoft® Word xp using the "Add or Remove Programs" function of Windows Control Panel (Windows: Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs).

Recommended: Identify Abel.exe related errors

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as Abel.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the Abel.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

Its just a file that displays information about the computer on Cain
Fosferous

enables Cain trojan to open on the computer which is a password sniffer
bsajirem

Cain&Able is a program used to monitor network security activities. It has the ability to monitor your network/computer for passwords passed in plain text. Can also remove password hashes from a computer, for hacking at a later time. Good tool for the security professional... bad if you have it on your computer, and you don't know what it is.
B. A. Murdock (further information)

Is important for Cain (password sniffer and cracker).
LoX (further information)

A hackers tools
abe1033 (further information)

Abel.exe is a sub-program of cain. If a computer has abel installed, and another computer on the same network has cain installed, the user with cain installed, if used correctlly, can alter all aspecs of the computer with abel installed on it. ex. change windows time, remote shutdown, md5/ntdlm/lm password sniffer/cracker
7angofragger

It provides information to Cain which is commonly misread as a virus even though it is not
SYSADMIN

Abel is a security tool, much like Cain. There are numerous trojan'd versions of this software on the internet.
Marketh

it is part of the cain and able password recovery/cracker, and is a virus used to find hidden passwords on the machine that it is installed on

Is a Cain backdoor
Radom

its a hacker tool of cain its important if you neighbor hack you Wlan ;)
little Werewolf

abel.exe is a part of Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols. The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort.
m1ton (further information)

if you didnt put it there remove it. Part of Cain and Abel
coolabahtree

It is one of the services installed and used by Cain & Abel forensic security tools. Its not a virus but it shouldn't be on your machine unless you have installed Cain & Abel!!!
Webcam007 (further information)

If on a works computer, Abel may have been installed by your net admin to enable remote monitoring. Removing it could get you fired!
l0lrsk8r

Summary: Average user rating of Abel.exe: based on 16 votes with 15 reviews.

6 users think Abel.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 4 users suspect danger. 4 users think Abel.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it.

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