What is indexer.exe?

indexer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\iswizard05\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected indexer.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 [?]

indexer.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

indexer.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

21 of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the indexer.exe file. That's a 41% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Riskware.Agent!
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.BitMiner
Baidu-International HackTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.45
Bkav W32.VieluotLTT.Trojan
Commtouch W32/Trojan.PBJZ-2853
DrWeb Tool.BtcMine.157
ESET-NOD32 Win32/BitCoinMiner.AS
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 0048fd0e1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 0048fd0e1 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Bitminer
McAfee RDN/Generic.dx!cxt
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.J!88
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.BtcMine.cnywcu
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Multi.daf
Sophos Bitcoin Miner
Symantec Bitcoinminer
TrendMicro TROJ_SPNV.03A014
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNV.03A014
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.S.BitMiner.932352
21 of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the indexer.exe file.

indexer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove indexer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the indexer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that indexer.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 indexer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the indexer.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 indexer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\iswizard05\indexer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the indexer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If indexer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If indexer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If indexer.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 indexer.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
MD562d47f3226d39a31ca3f6146a8c7e729
SHA256bc05e574411c3089d3fa39fafb1bb3b453732e8432ab3672a7bd0912823a5fc1

Error Messages

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

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

indexer.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.

indexer.exe has stopped working.

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

indexer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with indexer.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with indexer.exe. 97% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 37 users.

User vote results: There were 36 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with indexer.exe.

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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