What is dsrsetup.exe?

dsrsetup.exe is part of and developed by Pay By Ads LTD according to the dsrsetup.exe version information.

dsrsetup.exe's description is " "

dsrsetup.exe is digitally signed by Keep-My-Search LTD.

dsrsetup.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Pay-By-Ads\Yahoo! Search\1.3.25.0\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on dsrsetup.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name
Company namePay By Ads LTD
File description
Legal copyrightAll rights reserved.
Product version
File version1.3.0.0

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

Product name ..
Company namePay By Ads LTD
File description
Legal copyrightAll rights reserved.
Product version ..
File version1.3.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

dsrsetup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameKeep-My-Search LTD
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number087407e453fff7e46db51873975e63cb

VirusTotal report

29 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dsrsetup.exe file. That's a 53% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
Agnitum PUA.Toolbar.Montiera!
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
AVG Generic.CE9
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International PUA.Win32.Montiera.81
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.E40D
Cyren W32/S-fc5cdba2!Eldorado
DrWeb Adware.Toolbar.535
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.R potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-fc5cdba2!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor
Fortinet Riskware/Montiera
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
Ikarus not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004b1ff21 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004b1ff21 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A
McAfee Artemis!E252E8EDB828
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
Panda PUP/PayByAds
Qihoo-360 Win32/Application.6f7
Sophos PayByAds
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.4
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R03EC0OD215
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R03EC0OD215
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
29 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the dsrsetup.exe file.

dsrsetup.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove dsrsetup.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the dsrsetup.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that dsrsetup.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 dsrsetup.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the dsrsetup.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 dsrsetup.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files\Pay-By-Ads\Yahoo! Search\1.3.25.0\dsrsetup.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the dsrsetup.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If dsrsetup.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If dsrsetup.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If dsrsetup.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 dsrsetup.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Folder name variants

dsrsetup.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Pay-By-Ads\Yahoo! Search\1.3.25.0\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named dsrsetup.exe

dsrsetup.exe (25 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e252e8edb828f061ea2bf2248b195ce4
SHA256cd4c4f5bdccc63b2d39b3ed3f8319712a7f7b37ce008409f11caa3160b62702c

Error Messages

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

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

dsrsetup.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.

has stopped working.

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

dsrsetup.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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