What is installer.exe?

installer.exe is part of uTorrent and developed by adaware according to the installer.exe version information.

installer.exe's description is "µTorrent"

installer.exe is digitally signed by Lavasoft Software Canada.

installer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\7zs03bf5213\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameuTorrent
Company nameadaware
File descriptionµTorrent
Internal nameinstaller.exe
Original filenameinstaller.exe
Legal copyright LegalCopyright "© adaware" string © adaware
Product version2.0.0.391
File version2.0.0.391

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

Product nameuTorrent
Company nameadaware
File descriptionµTorrent
Internal nameinstaller.exe
Original filenameinstaller.exe
Legal copyright LegalCopyright "© adaware" stri..
Product version2.0.0.391
File version2.0.0.391

Digital signatures [?]

installer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameLavasoft Software Canada
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3
Certificate serial number6de41f889cf84643f324b3d5

VirusTotal report

2 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the installer.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.2818
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/WebCompanion.B potentially unwanted
2 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the installer.exe file.

installer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove installer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the installer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that installer.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 installer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the installer.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 installer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\7zs03bf5213\installer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the installer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If installer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If installer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If installer.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 installer.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5531687aed093d23b9213b16b5216ef46
SHA256c12eb9e06d40499dfcf6e1343895c04295f461823bf9c20c4147f994a1e67108

Error Messages

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

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

installer.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.

µTorrent has stopped working.

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

installer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

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