What is ecplugin.exe?

ecplugin.exe is developed by ecplugin according to the ecplugin.exe version information.

ecplugin.exe's description is "ecplugin 1.0.0.1 Installation "

ecplugin.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected ecplugin.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.

VirusTotal report

36 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ecplugin.exe file. That's a 54% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Agent.C302053
Avast	Win32:GenMaliciousA-FVV [Adw]
AVG	Win32:GenMaliciousA-FVV [Adw]
Avira	ADWARE/Searchclick.701628
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Babable	Malware.HighConfidence
CAT-QuickHeal	TrojanDropper.Dapato
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
CrowdStrike	malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/Trojan.QAMY-8337
DrWeb	Trojan.MulDrop5.13946
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/AdWare.Searchclick.A
Fortinet	W32/Dapato.DZIS!tr
Ikarus	Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dapato
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	TrojanDropper.Dapato.rrk
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SearchClick.a
MAX	malware (ai score=95)
McAfee	Artemis!44FEB304D58A
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.jc
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/Creprote
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Dapato.delutc
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Multi.daf
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Sophos	Generic PUA AI (PUA)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent	Win32.Adware.Searchclick.Pfac
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R020H0CFD18
VBA32	Adware.SearchClick
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	W32.Dapato.dzis
Yandex	Trojan.DR.Dapato!DevgTDb1MVA
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SearchClick.a

ecplugin.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove ecplugin.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the ecplugin.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that ecplugin.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate ecplugin.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the ecplugin.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 ecplugin.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\ecplugin.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the ecplugin.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If ecplugin.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If ecplugin.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If ecplugin.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 ecplugin.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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