What is Fortuna.exe?

Fortuna.exe's description is "Fortuna" according to the Fortuna.exe version information.

Fortuna.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\temp.%COMPUTERNAME%.004\appdata\local\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
File descriptionFortuna
Internal nameFortuna.exe
Original filenameFortuna.exe
Legal copyright
Product version9.3.8.176
File version9.3.8.176

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

File descriptionFortuna
Internal nameFortuna.exe
Original filenameFortuna.exe
Legal copyright
Product version9.3.8.176
File version9.3.8.176

Digital signatures [?]

Fortuna.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

13 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Fortuna.exe file. That's a 19% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
ALYac Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
Arcabit Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
BitDefender Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
Emsisoft Adware.Clicker.1.Gen (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.Dotdo.EQ
F-Secure Adware.Clicker.1
GData Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
Ikarus AdWare.MSIL.Dotdo
Malwarebytes Adware.DotDo.Generic.TskLnk
MAX malware (ai score=64)
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Clicker.1.Gen
13 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the Fortuna.exe file.

Fortuna.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Fortuna.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Fortuna.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Fortuna.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 Fortuna.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Fortuna.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 Fortuna.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\temp.%COMPUTERNAME%.004\appdata\local\Fortuna.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Fortuna.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Fortuna.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Fortuna.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Fortuna.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 Fortuna.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
MD5dcb0cc1475bac2960736da07f5e1885c
SHA256e953f3871fe8164204b682c7624a2bbedd2ed7d9b06182f7d715935f3e04f3b0

Error Messages

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

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

fortuna.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.

Fortuna has stopped working.

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

fortuna.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with Fortuna.exe?

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



What did other users do?

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

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Fortuna.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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