What is Ghostery IE.dll?
Ghostery IE.dll is part of Ghostery IE and developed by Evidon Inc. according to the Ghostery IE.dll version information.
Ghostery IE.dll's description is "Ghostery IE BHO"
Ghostery IE.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Ghostery IE\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Ghostery IE.dll.
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 Ghostery IE.dll:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Ghostery IE |
| Company name | Evidon Inc. |
| File description | Ghostery IE BHO |
| Internal name | Ghostery IE |
| Original filename | Ghostery IE.dll |
| Legal copyright | Copyright 2011 |
| Product version | 1.1.153.38 |
| File version | 1.1.153.38 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Ghostery IE |
| Company name | Evidon Inc. |
| File description | Ghostery IE BHO |
| Internal name | Ghostery IE |
| Original filename | Ghostery IE.dll |
| Legal copyright | Copyright 2011 |
| Product version | 1.1.153.38 |
| File version | 1.1.153.38 |
Digital signatures [?]
The verification of Ghostery IE.dll's digital signature failed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Evidon, Inc. |
| Certificate issuer name | UTN-USERFirst-Object |
| Certificate serial number | 00a360d17b416ce4a553a541f18c27640a |
VirusTotal report
10 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Ghostery IE.dll file. That's a 19% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Application.Heur.Ty9@kqxxR4fi |
| Avira | Adware/AgentCV.A.3402 |
| AVware | Crossrider (fs) |
| BitDefender | Gen:Application.Heur.Ty9@kqxxR4fi |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.H |
| GData | Gen:Application.Heur.Ty9@kqxxR4fi |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004a85b41 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004a85b41 ) |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Application.Heur.Ty9@kqxxR4fi |
| VIPRE | Crossrider (fs) |
Ghostery IE.dll removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove Ghostery IE.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Ghostery IE.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Ghostery IE.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate Ghostery IE.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Ghostery IE.dll 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 Ghostery IE.dll in the scan result.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ghostery IE\Ghostery IE.dll 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Ghostery IE.dll file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Ghostery IE.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Ghostery IE.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If Ghostery IE.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Ghostery IE.dll no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 8c9d97ee4382f7271a738384824cd460 |
| SHA256 | 9731246a06c84e80b3fd17807965a6ff700286d0599ff7bac3b25e9e3f9e6fc7 |
What will you do with the file?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 1 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Comments
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