What is ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe?

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe is part of ShopAtHome.com Browser App and developed by ShopAtHome.com according to the ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe version information.

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe's description is "ShopAtHome.com Cash Back Watcher"

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe is digitally signed by ShopAtHome.com (Belcaro Group, Inc.).

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\shopathome\shopathomehelper\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameShopAtHome.com Browser App
Company nameShopAtHome.com
File descriptionShopAtHome.com Cash Back Watcher
Internal nameShopAtHomeWatcher.exe
Original filenameShopAtHomeWatcher.exe
Legal copyright(c) ShopAtHome.com. All rights reserved.
Product version7.10.6.17
File version7.10.6.17

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

Product nameShopAtHome.com Browser App
Company nameShopAtHome.com
File descriptionShopAtHome.com Cash Back Watcher
Internal nameShopAtHomeWatcher.exe
Original filenameShopAtHomeWatcher.exe
Legal copyright(c) ShopAtHome.com. All rights rese..
Product version7.10.6.17
File version7.10.6.17

Digital signatures [?]

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameShopAtHome.com (Belcaro Group, Inc.)
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number38e3c208ff559249f35dc2bbda16136b

VirusTotal report

14 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe file. That's a 26% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AegisLab Adware.W32.Gen!c
AVG Generic.5B4
DrWeb Adware.Shopper.947
GData Win32.Adware.ShopAtHome.C
Jiangmin AdWare.ShopAtHome.a
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.ShopAtHome.h
Panda PUP/CrimeWatch
Sophos SAHAgent (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.ShopAtHome/Variant
VBA32 AdWare.ShopAtHome
VIPRE ShopAtHome (fs) (not malicious)
Zillya Adware.Amonetize.Win32.15825
14 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe file.

ShopAtHomeWatcher.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD59ede867a50978197825097dec99f41b6
SHA256afa9994a74567e58d0165086cc879088a71103d80abc70ceb034af8aad1187b5

Error Messages

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

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

shopathomewatcher.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.

ShopAtHome.com Cash Back Watcher has stopped working.

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

shopathomewatcher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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