What is onlysearch.exe?

onlysearch.exe is part of and developed by Pay By Ads LTD according to the onlysearch.exe version information.

onlysearch.exe's description is " "

onlysearch.exe is digitally signed by PayByAds ltd..

onlysearch.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\KATH\AppData\Local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.15.4\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on onlysearch.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name
Company namePay By Ads LTD
File description
Legal copyrightAll rights reserved.
Product version
File version1.3.0.0

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

Product name ..
Company namePay By Ads LTD
File description
Legal copyrightAll rights reserved.
Product version ..
File version1.3.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

onlysearch.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer namePayByAds ltd.
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO Code Signing CA 2
Certificate serial number00ca9e6fd9ac89fbb9bc192ca9530a98f5

VirusTotal report

23 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the onlysearch.exe file. That's a 42% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AVG Paybyads.893
Avira Adware/Agent.Montiera.Q.1
AVware Montiera (fs)
Baidu-International Hacktool.Win32.Montiera.aJm
Bkav W32.PaybyAds.02.Adware
CAT-QuickHeal Downloader.Montiera.r5 (Not a Virus)
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.Q
Fortinet Riskware/Montiera
Ikarus not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004afb7f1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004afb7f1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Montiera.b
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.OnlySearch.A
Panda Trj/Chgt.J
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Downloader.42e
Sophos PayByAds
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EK214
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R00UC0EK214
VBA32 Downloader.Montiera
VIPRE Montiera (fs)
Zillya Downloader.Montiera.Win32.22
23 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the onlysearch.exe file.

onlysearch.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove onlysearch.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the onlysearch.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that onlysearch.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 onlysearch.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the onlysearch.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 onlysearch.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Users\KATH\AppData\Local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.15.4\onlysearch.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the onlysearch.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If onlysearch.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If onlysearch.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If onlysearch.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 onlysearch.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f40f9888d1afda55d1d4c4d9a1b6c7a4
SHA256432390c626c9f97397f1c695fefb2f2dd787273dd1b75b378216eb3a0dbda5e4

Error Messages

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

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

onlysearch.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.

has stopped working.

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

onlysearch.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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