What is maintainer.exe?

maintainer.exe is digitally signed by BrowseSmart.

maintainer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\9da7836e-08a2-4521-927d-d48b90cc42b6\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product version1.0.5647.1095
File version1.0.5647.1095

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

Product version1.0.5647.1095
File version1.0.5647.1095

Digital signatures [?]

maintainer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBrowseSmart
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number2324196045b471d3a6a37cf9331711ab

VirusTotal report

36 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the maintainer.exe file. That's a 63% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
ALYac Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.Kranet.ai
Arcabit Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Avast Win32:BrowseFox-JA [PUP]
AVG AdPlugin.CWT
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.apd
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BD
BitDefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.2625
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Browsesmar.Gen
ClamAV Win.Adware.Agent-41785
Comodo Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AHJ
Cyren W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Yontoo.1734
Emsisoft Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/BrowseFox.BD potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
GData Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Jiangmin AdWare/SwiftBrowse.ssl
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004b92811 )
K7GW Adware ( 004b92811 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BrowseFox
McAfee BrowseFox-FXS
McAfee-GW-Edition BrowseFox-FXS
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm
nProtect Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ
Rising PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.i!1075357760
Tencent Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.6
VBA32 AdWare.SwiftBrowse
VIPRE Yontoo (fs)
36 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the maintainer.exe file.

maintainer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove maintainer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the maintainer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that maintainer.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 maintainer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the maintainer.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 maintainer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\documents and settings\all ..7836e-08a2-4521-927d-d48b90cc42b6\maintainer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the maintainer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If maintainer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If maintainer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If maintainer.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 maintainer.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
MD5a1834408a465215adf803a4aef145836
SHA2560b232fae6554244255fde829d9debe07a48f78d713703b3287173485eab240ef

Error Messages

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

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

maintainer.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.

maintainer.exe has stopped working.

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

maintainer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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