What is ei.exe?

ei.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

ei.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

VirusTotal report

53 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ei.exe file. That's a 78% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
AegisLab Troj.Msil.Generic!c
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
Antiy-AVL Trojan/MSIL.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D26569E5
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Dropper.MSIL.xekac
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9999
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.MSIL
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_100% (W)
Cybereason malicious.6bebe0
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.BFR.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.PWS.Stealer.19347
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_94%
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.40200677 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.NNP
F-Prot W32/Trojan.BFR.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
Fortinet MSIL/Kryptik.NNP!tr
GData Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
Ikarus Trojan.Spy.Agent
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Trojan.MSIL.ixms
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 005263901 )
K7GW Trojan ( 005263901 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Generic
Malwarebytes Spyware.AgentTesla.MSIL.Generic
MAX malware (ai score=98)
McAfee GenericRXES-UU!85AA6638BE84
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PUPXAK.dc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Dynamer!rfn
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.40200677
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Stealer.fagubu
Paloalto generic.ml
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.7c5
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Msil.Trojan.Generic.Ebha
TrendMicro TSPY_NEGASTEAL.SMH
TrendMicro-HouseCall TSPY_NEGASTEAL.SMH
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Negasteal.245760
Webroot W32.Trojan.GenKD
Yandex Trojan.Agent!sq8GAfzE150
Zillya Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.1403109
ZoneAlarm HEUR:Trojan.MSIL.Generic
53 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the ei.exe file.

ei.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ei.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ei.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ei.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 ei.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ei.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 ei.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\ei.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ei.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ei.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ei.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If ei.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 ei.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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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD585aa6638be84bdb4f0feb6368628d2a4
SHA256bb8327e2fc98ec608f9a417836e57abd03dd31cbf969ae44390adbcd1fee2379

Error Messages

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

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

ei.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.

ei.exe has stopped working.

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

ei.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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