What is bleachbit.exe?

bleachbit.exe is part of bleachbit according to the bleachbit.exe version information.

bleachbit.exe's description is "Free space and maintain privacy"

bleachbit.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product namebleachbit
File descriptionFree space and maintain privacy
Original filenamebleachbit.exe
Product version1.15
File version1.15

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

Product namebleachbit
File descriptionFree space and maintain privacy
Original filenamebleachbit.exe
Product version1.15
File version1.15

Digital signatures [?]

bleachbit.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

4 of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the bleachbit.exe file. That's a 7% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9651
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
TheHacker Posible_Worm32
4 of the 61 anti-virus programs detected the bleachbit.exe file.

bleachbit.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove bleachbit.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the bleachbit.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that bleachbit.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 bleachbit.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the bleachbit.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 bleachbit.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\bleachbit.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the bleachbit.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If bleachbit.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If bleachbit.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If bleachbit.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 bleachbit.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
MD596f2e550ed53be3af1a76c4db1e6bfb9
SHA256abd199be8bb481939268c1ec31d96962b07ec7d7d9dd359cde7f5433a491d8ec

Error Messages

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

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

bleachbit.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.

Free space and maintain privacy has stopped working.

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

bleachbit.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with bleachbit.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with bleachbit.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 bleachbit.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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