What is alotservice.exe?

alotservice.exe is part of ALOT Update Service and developed by Inuvo Inc. according to the alotservice.exe version information.

alotservice.exe's description is "ALOT Update Service"

alotservice.exe is digitally signed by Alot.com.

alotservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\locallow\alotservice\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on alotservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameALOT Update Service
Company nameInuvo Inc.
File descriptionALOT Update Service
Internal namealotservice.exe
Original filenamealotservice.exe
Legal copyright© Inuvo Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version1.3.5000.2
File version1.3.5000.2

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

Product nameALOT Update Service
Company nameInuvo Inc.
File descriptionALOT Update Service
Internal namealotservice.exe
Original filenamealotservice.exe
Legal copyright© Inuvo Corporation. All rights res..
Product version1.3.5000.2
File version1.3.5000.2

Digital signatures [?]

alotservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAlot.com
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number0ebe0040f9558f86569f54286ef65398

VirusTotal report

3 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the alotservice.exe file. That's a 7% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Sophos Alot Toolbar
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V1017
3 of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the alotservice.exe file.

alotservice.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD5d65aeb38a2a9bfd2095f9b22411f0408
SHA256e67653e7fe59ab19717b52f9dab55c4fac64eccdf29240ee5a680dbf039c3837

Error Messages

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

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

alotservice.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.

ALOT Update Service has stopped working.

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

alotservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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