What is e5medint.exe?

e5medint.exe is part of Mindspark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer and developed by Mindspark according to the e5medint.exe version information.

e5medint.exe's description is "Mindspark Toolbar Platform"

e5medint.exe is digitally signed by Mindspark Interactive Network.

e5medint.exe is usually located in the 'C:\PROGRA~2\PRODUC~1\bar\1.bin\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected e5medint.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 e5medint.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameMindspark Toolbar Platform for Internet Explorer
Company nameMindspark
File descriptionMindspark Toolbar Platform
Internal namet8MedInt.exe
Original filenamet8MedInt.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009-2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.
Product version2.5.15.30
File version1.0.7.262

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

Product nameMindspark Toolbar Platform for Inter..
Company nameMindspark
File descriptionMindspark Toolbar Platform
Internal namet8MedInt.exe
Original filenamet8MedInt.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2009-2015 Mindspark Int..
Product version2.5.15.30
File version1.0.7.262

Digital signatures [?]

e5medint.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMindspark Interactive Network
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number438d4291e43c2dffeeaaaee5b6c070b5

VirusTotal report

24 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the e5medint.exe file. That's a 45% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch!
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar]/Win32.MyWebSearch.tr
Arcabit PUP.WebToolbar.MyWebSearch
Avast Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
AVG Toolbar.MyWebSearch.BQ
Avira PUA/MyWebSearch.U.21
AVware MyWebSearch.J (v)
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.1166
CAT-QuickHeal Pua.Mysearch.020869
ClamAV Win.Adware.Mywebsearch-133
Comodo Application.Win32.MyWebSearch.WE
DrWeb Adware.MyWebSearch.103
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AJ potentially unwanted
Fortinet Riskware/MyWebSearch
GData Win32.Adware.Mindspark.E
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.tr
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MindSpark
McAfee Artemis!8843FB08FD38
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.lh
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.MindSpark/Variant
VBA32 AdWare.MySearch
VIPRE MyWebSearch.J (v) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.MyWebSearch.Win32.1392
24 of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the e5medint.exe file.

e5medint.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove e5medint.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the e5medint.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that e5medint.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 e5medint.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the e5medint.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 e5medint.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\PROGRA~2\PRODUC~1\bar\1.bin\e5medint.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the e5medint.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If e5medint.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If e5medint.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If e5medint.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 e5medint.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Folder name variants

e5medint.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\PROGRA~2\PRODUC~1\bar\1.bin\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58843fb08fd386b3d99b414d44e55df0a
SHA2565d5dd38b3457794cb563c72595313c29dc63d1cbfb6a9b9fce18e67c3a46de02

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to e5medint.exe:

e5medint.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

e5medint.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.

Mindspark Toolbar Platform has stopped working.

End Program - e5medint.exe. This program is not responding.

e5medint.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

e5medint.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with e5medint.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with e5medint.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
2

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with e5medint.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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