What is instlauncher.exe?

instlauncher.exe is part of YY?????? and developed by YY Inc. according to the instlauncher.exe version information.

instlauncher.exe's description is "YY??????"

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on instlauncher.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameYY??????
Company nameYY Inc.
File descriptionYY??????
Internal nameinstlauncher.exe
Original filenameinstlauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 YY Inc.. All rights reserved.
Product version3.4.3959.0
File version20150309.27377

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

Product nameYY??????
Company nameYY Inc.
File descriptionYY??????
Internal nameinstlauncher.exe
Original filenameinstlauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2014 YY Inc.. All rights r..
Product version3.4.3959.0
File version20150309.27377

Digital signatures [?]

instlauncher.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

37 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the instlauncher.exe file. That's a 67% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
AegisLab Troj.Generickd!c
Agnitum Trojan.Strictor!gM14bUiLIyI
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D21BE77
AVG PSW.Agent.BKRF
Avira TR/Strictor.501760.1
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
Bkav W32.DownloadAgentAD.Trojan
CAT-QuickHeal Downloader.Agent.013567
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-884140
Comodo UnclassifiedMalware
Cyren W32/S-94a3ec31!Eldorado
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.2211447 (B)
F-Prot W32/S-94a3ec31!Eldorado
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
Fortinet Riskware/Agent
GData Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
Ikarus Trojan-PSW.Agent
Jiangmin Trojan.GenericKD.ade
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent.diyn
McAfee GenericR-DGN!F8C468C0C868
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Expiro.gh
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Agent.dqiaql
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.2211447
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Sophos Generic PUA CN (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Generic/Variant
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0EJD15
VBA32 Downloader.Agent
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Agent.501760.R[h]
Zillya Downloader.Agent.Win32.242034
37 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the instlauncher.exe file.

instlauncher.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove instlauncher.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the instlauncher.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that instlauncher.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 instlauncher.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the instlauncher.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 instlauncher.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\instlauncher.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the instlauncher.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If instlauncher.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If instlauncher.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If instlauncher.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 instlauncher.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
MD5f8c468c0c86813077daa898cfebc7cde
SHA2564a078c36e275d8663d0b7751880d2e8381768904a0a5c504c183dd9ce0fbe5ac

Error Messages

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

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

instlauncher.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.

YY?????? has stopped working.

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

instlauncher.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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