What is cozaghost.exe?
cozaghost.exe is part of Printer Extension and developed by Printer Extension according to the cozaghost.exe version information.
cozaghost.exe is digitally signed by MyViralApp.
cozaghost.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\zoomify_29\1.1.0.29\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected cozaghost.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 cozaghost.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Printer Extension |
| Company name | Printer Extension |
| Internal name | Extension.exe |
| Original filename | Extension.exe |
| Comments | Printer Extension |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2014, All rights Reserved |
| Product version | 1.1.0.29 |
| File version | 1.1.0.29 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Printer Extension |
| Company name | Printer Extension |
| Internal name | Extension.exe |
| Original filename | Extension.exe |
| Comments | Printer Extension |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2014, All rights Reserved |
| Product version | 1.1.0.29 |
| File version | 1.1.0.29 |
Digital signatures [?]
cozaghost.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | MyViralApp |
| Certificate issuer name | COMODO Code Signing CA 2 |
| Certificate serial number | 4979b44586fc4e121ff13cc1e74c814d |
VirusTotal report
1 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the cozaghost.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.D60 |
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 19e35a10adfe30c802fb0655ea4c7a72 |
| SHA256 | 0180def97be56852457b468a206afe7b5ba5f352e6e7cd8b2158719065eb7804 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to cozaghost.exe:
cozaghost.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
cozaghost.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.
cozaghost.exe has stopped working.
End Program - cozaghost.exe. This program is not responding.
cozaghost.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
cozaghost.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with cozaghost.exe?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with cozaghost.exe. 98% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 66 users.
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Malware or legitimate?
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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.
If you only have the file cozaghost you need to look around cause there are more files than this. they come from a folder called Zoomify_29 and it is a multiple virus and malware folder. It got on my computer 12/22/2014 by stating it was a flash drive update and I was playing my games and did not really check the folder out before clicking on it. At this giving time they will not delete, my computer is crashing alot and I get the blue screen, the files are everywhere in my computer and the ads keep popping up some bad sometimes I have to turn my computer off by pushing the power button on the tower, I also know if I dont get this off of here real quick it will have my computer lock up to where it will not be functional. I have an anti virus and malware program on my computer and it does NOT pick it up when scanning, I even upgraded my protection and it still does NOT pick it up. I am going to this website called; www.bleepingcomputer.com cause I read someone giving advice on how to get rid of it, and I'm going to make sure it worked for him first before I try it. So yes it is a BAD BAD BAD FILE. Here are some of the files and folders I have wrote down that goes with it; cozahost, cozaghost, coz32host, coz64host, cozwdhost, zoomifyifx.xpi, zoomify64.dll, zoomifyL32.dll, zoomifyL64.dll, zoomify64.dll and zoomifyutil32.dll.
# 1 Jan 2015, 14:53
Jay writes
I am having the same problem. I was looking for a tablet driver, and I found a counterfeit file that installed zoomify before I could stop it. It's wrecked my Windows 7 installation. WATCH OUT.
# 5 Jan 2015, 14:10
GREG F writes
I don't even know what I downloaded to get these files but I have nothing but ads on my computer and I can't uninstall or delete the files.
# 6 Jan 2015, 10:25
Dave M writes
My malwarebytes caught 117 versions of this on 1 pc. It is EVERYWHERE. Wow, I am actually kind of impressed.
# 13 Jan 2015, 7:29
Bobby F writes
I am working to remove this too. I believe I was on a local news website, news4jax.com when a fake popup window opened saying I needed to update Adobe Flash player for the news site to operate properly. It looked like a real Adobe update I get frequently so I allowed it. That is when this zoomify_29 and cozaghost.exe loaded on my computer. I'm running Vista. Now every time I open a link on a web page I seem to get redirected to sites i don't want which are sites selling virus protection.
# 17 Jan 2015, 16:10
Lonnie Smith writes
I too have made the mistake of clicking on a popup that said I needed to update Media player. I've only had this machine a month and now it takes an hour to boot. I've found and deleted all "ArcadeGiant" files and "catwsprx.exe" files and am now working on the "coz...." files.
# 24 Jan 2015, 20:43
Tana Carrillo writes