What is maintainer.exe?

maintainer.exe is digitally signed by Moss Net.

maintainer.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\3b9e48eb-7eb0-4e64-b897-fceb9c7c0b0b\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product version1.0.5421.26203
File version1.0.5421.26203

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

Product version1.0.5421.26203
File version1.0.5421.26203

Digital signatures [?]

maintainer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMoss Net
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number4879c8045f587b91fc188d2bc822c526

VirusTotal report

26 of the 54 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the maintainer.exe file. That's a 48% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet
Avast Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
AVG Generic.94D
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
ClamAV Win.Adware.Agent-22685
DrWeb Trojan.BPlug.281
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win32/BrowseFox.V
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm
McAfee Artemis!175C1C66525A
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Browse Fox
Tencent Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Dxng
VBA32 AdWare.Kranet
VIPRE Yontoo (fs)
Zillya Adware.Kranet.Win32.476
26 of the 54 anti-virus programs detected the maintainer.exe file.

maintainer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove maintainer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the maintainer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that maintainer.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 maintainer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the maintainer.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 maintainer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\programdata\3b9e48eb-7eb0-4e64-b897-fceb9c7c0b0b\maintainer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the maintainer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If maintainer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If maintainer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If maintainer.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 maintainer.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5175c1c66525a34d2f8444f544824b38d
SHA25692507be4c8c32caca3160539f91fb97124c7342cdecd4934cf07cf8344c751e4

Error Messages

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

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

maintainer.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.

maintainer.exe has stopped working.

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

maintainer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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