What is gamehike.exe?

gamehike.exe is part of GameGain and developed by PGWARE LLC according to the gamehike.exe version information.

gamehike.exe's description is "GameGain Setup "

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameGameGain
Company namePGWARE LLC
File descriptionGameGain Setup
CommentsThis installation was built with Inno Setup.
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2016 PGWARE LLC
Product version1.0.0.1
File version1.0.0.1

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

Product nameGameGain ..
Company namePGWARE LLC ..
File descriptionGameGain Setup ..
CommentsThis installation was built with Inn..
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2001-2016 PGWARE LLC ..
Product version1.0.0.1 ..
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

gamehike.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

22 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the gamehike.exe file. That's a 31% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Arcabit Application.RelevantKnowledge.Gen.2
Avira ADWARE/Relevant.fivku
BitDefender Application.RelevantKnowledge.Gen.2
Cybereason malicious.f7ba26
Cyren W32/GenBl.D5A77A5F!Olympus
Emsisoft Application.RelevantKnowledge.Gen.2 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Adware.RK.AW
F-Secure Adware.ADWARE/Relevant.fivku
Fortinet W32/Agent.NSB
GData Win32.Application.RelevantKnowledge.G
Ikarus PUA.BundleLoader
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 00524b301 )
K7GW Adware ( 00524b301 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller
McAfee Artemis!D5A77A5F7BA2
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.wc
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Detplock
MicroWorld-eScan Application.RelevantKnowledge.Gen.2
Sophos Generic PUA PO (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Trapmine suspicious.low.ml.score
22 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the gamehike.exe file.

gamehike.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove gamehike.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the gamehike.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that gamehike.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 gamehike.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the gamehike.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 gamehike.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\gamehike.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the gamehike.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If gamehike.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If gamehike.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If gamehike.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 gamehike.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
MD5d5a77a5f7ba263aad17706551449d501
SHA256e782692eedca660749fc3fad1b701b328f8e365fee6708809192e6b5f9c1bedd

Error Messages

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

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

gamehike.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.

GameGain Setup has stopped working.

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

gamehike.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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