What is Discover.exe?

Discover.exe is part of Chromium and developed by The Chromium Authors according to the Discover.exe version information.

Discover.exe's description is "Chromium"

Discover.exe is digitally signed by CLICK YES BELOW LP.

Discover.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\gamesb~1\explore\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameChromium
Company nameThe Chromium Authors
File descriptionChromium
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
Product version37.0.2062.124
File version37.0.2062.124

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

Product nameChromium
Company nameThe Chromium Authors
File descriptionChromium
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 The Chromium Authors...
Product version37.0.2062.124
File version37.0.2062.124

Digital signatures [?]

Discover.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCLICK YES BELOW LP
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number338a735edfaccd649e222fb8833db63c

VirusTotal report

2 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Discover.exe file. That's a 4% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Sophos Click Yes Below
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
2 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Discover.exe file.

Discover.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Discover.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Discover.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Discover.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 Discover.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Discover.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 Discover.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\gamesb~1\explore\Discover.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Discover.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Discover.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Discover.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Discover.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 Discover.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Filename variants

Discover.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

Discover.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\gamesb~1\explore\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Discover.exe

Discover.exe (3 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5c9ebfce943cd798d74f1c8847a0fad24
SHA256cc571ceda799c5bb025f36549c8dc64b99538f5b872f6502504032ca0c64bc15

Error Messages

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

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

discover.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.

Chromium has stopped working.

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

discover.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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