What is 8.exe?

8.exe is part of TODO: <Product name> and developed by Setup according to the 8.exe version information.

8.exe's description is "Setup"

8.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\blockitheadapp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected 8.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 8.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameTODO: <Product name>
Company nameSetup
File descriptionSetup
Internal namecrxdrop.dll
Original filenamecrxdrop.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

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

Product nameTODO: <Product name>
Company nameSetup
File descriptionSetup
Internal namecrxdrop.dll
Original filenamecrxdrop.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

8.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

46 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the 8.exe file. That's a 81% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Dropper.111
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Preloader
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.MegaSearch.at
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Dropper.111
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic_r.GV
Avira ADWARE/Rogue.495616.73
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.MegaSearch.45
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Dropper.111
Bkav W32.MultiPlugG.Adware
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.MegaSearch.A5
ClamAV Win.Adware.Megasearch-70
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/MegaSearch.C.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Crossrider.606
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.MultiPlug.K.gen
F-Prot W32/MegaSearch.C.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Application.Dropper
Fortinet Adware/Megasearch
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Dropper.111
Ikarus Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adload
Jiangmin AdWare/MegaSearch.qdn
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004a07451 )
K7GW Adware ( 004a07451 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MegaSearch.at
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.MegaSearch.at.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.MultiPlug.A
McAfee PUP-FFY
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.gh
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Dropper.111
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.MegaSearch.ctdbom
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.MegaSearch.495616.F
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
Rising PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.16790183!377028995
Sophos MultiPlug (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.MultiPlug/Variant
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TotalDefense Win32/Tnega.TTOCLcB
TrendMicro TROJ_SPNR.32CG14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNR.32CG14
VBA32 AdWare.MegaSearch
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.MegaSearch.495616[h]
Zillya Adware.MegaSearch.Win32.2190
46 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the 8.exe file.

8.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove 8.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the 8.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that 8.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 8.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the 8.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 8.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\programdata\blockitheadapp\8.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the 8.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If 8.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If 8.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If 8.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 8.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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Filename variants

8.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

8.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\programdata\blockitheadapp\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD519e5eb31641597fa245deb887aa25817
SHA2566f8baf089193a8d1b2a585d817eb81b989d406a3a09c8683a7d494544df28304

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to 8.exe:

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

8.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.

Setup has stopped working.

End Program - 8.exe. This program is not responding.

8.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with 8.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with 8.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with 8.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
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0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with 8.exe. Only 1 user 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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