What is Maintain.dat?

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

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

Maintain.dat is digitally signed by Web Cake.

Maintain.dat is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\tepfel\dat\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Maintain.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

10 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Maintain.dat file. That's a 22% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Avast	Win32:Webcake-A [Adw]
AVG	AdInject.WebCake
BitDefender	Adware.WebCake.C
Emsisoft	Adware.WebCake.C (B)
F-Secure	Adware.WebCake.C
GData	Adware.WebCake.C
MicroWorld-eScan	Adware.WebCake.C
nProtect	Adware.WebCake.C
Panda	Generic Malware
VIPRE	Yontoo (fs)

Maintain.dat removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\tepfel\dat\Maintain.dat

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

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

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