What is vosteran.exe?
vosteran.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\vosteran\application\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about vosteran.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on vosteran.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Internal name | chrome_exe |
| Original filename | vosteran.exe |
| Product version | 31.0.1650.23 |
| File version | 31.0.1650.23 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Internal name | chrome_exe |
| Original filename | vosteran.exe |
| Product version | 31.0.1650.23 |
| File version | 31.0.1650.23 |
Digital signatures [?]
vosteran.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vosteran.exe file.
Folder name variants
vosteran.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\vosteran\application\. The most common variants are listed below:
- c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\vosteran\application\
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 944a91af08bbed92bd0abc81203042a9 |
| SHA256 | 20b8750fdeec9cd200b2f622d765d997508b1a6b48cdd794b46193b400629f89 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to vosteran.exe:
vosteran.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
vosteran.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
vosteran.exe has stopped working.
End Program - vosteran.exe. This program is not responding.
vosteran.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
vosteran.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with vosteran.exe?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with vosteran.exe:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with vosteran.exe. 93% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 207 users.
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with vosteran.exe.
Malware or legitimate?
If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.
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Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
Alan writes
I certainly did not welcome downloading Vosteran by accident and seeing it take over my browsers so it is definitely malware in my book. I had version 31.0.1650.23. There is a legitimate-looking website for the software http://www.vosteransearch.com/ which also has a page on how to remove it http://www.vosteransearch.com/how-to-remove/ which is actually quite comprehensive and accurate, outlining a two step procedure (1) uninstall the program from the Control Panel Add Programmes tab, and (2) reset all browsers to default and remove the vosteran search engine.
My problem was that when I tried to Uninstall Vosteran from the control panel, it told me to "please close all vosteran windows and try again". As I had already closed all my browsers, this puzzled me until I read your linked blog post above in which you advised to check the Task Manager and see the running processes. There were three vosteran processes running. Once I closed these and then returned to the Uninstall in the Add Programmes window, the program was uninstalled. I then went and reset my browswers and all looks clean. By the way, my antivirus software F-Secure did not pick this up on a scan. The only other difference from your description is that vosteran did not add any add-ons or extension to my Firefox or Chrome.
I had looked at quite a number of sites before seeing yours, some of which looked distinctly dodgy. While I did not need to use your malware software, I would have confidence in using it from the help I got here.
# 23 Dec 2014, 8:34
Lisa Hillary-Tee writes
Thank you for the help above. I encountered the same problem as Alan above and closing down the Vosteran processes allowed me to uninstall as well. Finally Vosteran clean.
# 21 Jan 2015, 8:49
Elizabeth McLean writes
I don't know what this is and how it got on my computer. I have no idea if it is good or bad.
# 5 Feb 2015, 18:35
Roger Karlsson writes