What is Plugin.exe?

Plugin.exe is digitally signed by Bronze Aid.

Plugin.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\1a0254e4-d458-47fa-82a0-6940ee729f6c\plugins\12\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product version1.0.5772.21221
File version1.0.5772.21221

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

Product version1.0.5772.21221
File version1.0.5772.21221

Digital signatures [?]

Plugin.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBronze Aid
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3ac1078ddf9d8767fb8d2de19cff12ce

VirusTotal report

24 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Plugin.exe file. That's a 42% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
ALYac Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Arcabit Adware.BrowseFox.1
AVG Generic_r.AVI
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
BitDefender Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.A133
Comodo Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AZ
Cyren W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Yontoo.2775
Emsisoft Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BZ potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
GData Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Ikarus AdWare.BrowseFox
Jiangmin AdWare/BrowseFox.atw
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004d37f31 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004d37f31 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Yontoo
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising PE:Adware.BrowseFox!1.A1B7[F1]
24 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Plugin.exe file.

Plugin.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Plugin.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Plugin.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Plugin.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 Plugin.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Plugin.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 Plugin.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\1a0254e4-d458-47fa-82a0-6940ee729f6c\plugins\12\Plugin.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Plugin.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Plugin.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Plugin.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Plugin.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 Plugin.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b21ff277ccb7f9f672c3b2a38274045d
SHA256cd30cdecb9d1f02f74df1b698e6d735d52ed87a213992a808ac034a131cc4f2e

Error Messages

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

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

plugin.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.

plugin.exe has stopped working.

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

plugin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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