What is CommonLauncher.exe?

CommonLauncher.exe is part of CommonLauncher and developed by EasyTools Company according to the CommonLauncher.exe version information.

CommonLauncher.exe's description is "Common launcher for sub products"

CommonLauncher.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected CommonLauncher.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 CommonLauncher.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameCommonLauncher
Company nameEasyTools Company
File descriptionCommon launcher for sub products
Internal nameCommonLauncher.exe
Original filenameCommonLauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009-2014
Product version5.6.1.1
File version5.6.1.1

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameCommonLauncher
Company nameEasyTools Company
File descriptionCommon launcher for sub products
Internal nameCommonLauncher.exe
Original filenameCommonLauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2009-2014
Product version5.6.1.1
File version5.6.1.1

Digital signatures [?]

CommonLauncher.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

14 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CommonLauncher.exe file. That's a 29% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808
AVG Win32/DH{DyAl}
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.InstallCore.77
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808 (B)
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808
GData Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808
McAfee Artemis!AF7789B71A3B
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!AF7789B71A3B
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Kazy.187808
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.3d8
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0226
VBA32 suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
14 of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the CommonLauncher.exe file.

CommonLauncher.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove CommonLauncher.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the CommonLauncher.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that CommonLauncher.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate CommonLauncher.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the CommonLauncher.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate CommonLauncher.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\CommonLauncher.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the CommonLauncher.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If CommonLauncher.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If CommonLauncher.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If CommonLauncher.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that CommonLauncher.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5af7789b71a3bc75af6128afb01fd2d1f
SHA256b62077d62b2f740addc8dfb341fa915f2f21aff873437863c42ddad99e2e5489

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to commonlauncher.exe:

commonlauncher.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

commonlauncher.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.

Common launcher for sub products has stopped working.

End Program - commonlauncher.exe. This program is not responding.

commonlauncher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

commonlauncher.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with the file?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 67% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 9 users.

User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 3 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 9 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

Dos a writes

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Commonlauncher.exe is related to Soundfrost. It is a PUP.

# 16 Feb 2015, 19:53

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