What is Dora.dat?

Dora.dat is part of Desktop.Dora and developed by Microsoft according to the Dora.dat version information.

Dora.dat's description is "Desktop.Dora"

Dora.dat is digitally signed by Web Cake.

Dora.dat is usually located in the 'c:\Users\Juan Carlos\AppData\Roaming\Web Cake\dat\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Dora.dat.

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.

VirusTotal report

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

Scanner	Detection Name
Avast	Win32:Webcake-A [Adw]
AVG	AdInject.WebCake
BitDefender	Adware.WebCake.C
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft	Adware.WebCake.C (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of MSIL/WebCake.A
F-Secure	Adware.WebCake.C
Fortinet	Adware/Fam.NB
GData	Adware.WebCake.C
Ikarus	AdWare.WebCake
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.WebCake.C
nProtect	Adware.WebCake.C
Panda	Adware/WebCake
VIPRE	Yontoo (fs)

Dora.dat removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Dora.dat with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Dora.dat file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Dora.dat 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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate Dora.dat in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Dora.dat 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 Dora.dat in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\Users\Juan Carlos\AppData\Roaming\Web Cake\dat\Dora.dat

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Dora.dat file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Dora.dat still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Dora.dat is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If Dora.dat 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 Dora.dat no longer appear in the scan result.

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Dora.dat. 91% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 11 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Dora.dat. Only 11 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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