The ipfw.exe file is an executable process that has been reported by many users as a malicious application with Trojan-like functionalities, and these user reports claim that the ipfw.exe process is specifically associated as a variant of the Trojan.W32.Yabe family of Trojans. As a Trojan, some users state that the ipfw.exe process can create registry keys and entries upon its successful placement and activation in a Windows-based system. The ipfw.exe process is then said to inject these keys and entries into the Windows System Registry, in order for the ipfw.exe process to automatically initialize during system startup and operate as a background process in the infected system, without user consent, during system runtime. The ipfw.exe process has been reported to be capable of connecting with predesignated Web servers, which are said to be operated and managed by its authors, in order to download more malware items to the infected system as well as gather private data and Internet browsing information from the infected system and its default Web browser. This collected data is then said to be uploaded by the ipfw.exe process to those predesignated remote servers.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ipfw.exe. is used by Trojan.W32.Yabe, If you shut down ipfw.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ipfw.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Trojan.W32.Yabe, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ipfw.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Trojan.W32.Yabe, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ipfw.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ipfw.exe, belongs to, in this case Trojan.W32.Yabe