How to remove the command virus

Most antivirus programs identify command.exe as malware, for example Symantec identifies it as Spyware.ISearch, and TrendMicro identifies it as ADW_COMMAD.A.
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Command.exe file information

The process known as command.exe appears to be part of software Command Service by unknown.

Description: The file command.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 293,888 bytes (99% of all occurrences) or 307,712 bytes.
There is no description of the program. The program is not visible. It is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. It is not a Windows system file. It can change the behavior of other programs or manipulate other programs. command.exe is able to connect to Internet, record inputs and manipulate other programs. Therefore the technical security rating is 96% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

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External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

"COMMAND" definitely not required. Added by the QQPASS.E TROJAN!
"WinProfile" definitely not required. Added by the BUDDY TROJAN!

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as command.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the command.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

It can be removed manually: 1. open msconfig, services tab, uncheck the "Command Service" entry. 2. open regedit, go to HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Services\cmdService and grab the location of the file command.exe from the String Value ImagePath. 3. open explorer and go to the location and remove the .vbs file. 4. reboot computer, open explorer, go to the location again and remove the folder that contains command.exe (in my case amFub3M). 5. open regedit and go back to the registry entry cmdService and delete it. 6. Done
Dubon

If it cannot be ended with the Task Manager, run Services.msc and set the Command.exe service to Disabled and reboot.
gc

Be careful not to remove the command.exe that comes with windows. If you do your pc will take 30 seconds to load when you click on my computer, and its very difficult to reinstall. (Go visit microsoft for instructions on how if you deleted it by accident http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324767). That said, the command TROJAN is different, and is as bad as other people have said here.
narutolost

Popups from explorer (use firefox) slwoing down proscesses. cant seem to fine a way to dislodge it, trying to manually send me to their site to "download uninstallation software" yea right.
Dayz

it is used as a hack for AV software, it unlimits the trial version of the AV software, ie: it doesn't expire, suspected trojan gathering information as well
Uncle George

Same thing- started happening when I opened a bad setup file, now I get about 1-2 popups per minute, drastically slowed performance. Can't figure out how to remove it in XP
greg

shows as a service, and pretty much impossible to delete. It gives me a ton of pop-ups at random times.

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Summary: Average user rating of command.exe: based on 37 votes with 9 reviews.

1 user think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 8 users suspect danger. 28 users think command.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 6 users doesn't grade command.exe ("not sure about it").

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