What is maintainer.exe?

maintainer.exe is digitally signed by ClearThink.

maintainer.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\5fd2ca9d-b04a-4998-b7e8-2d30ebba8fbe\' 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 version1.0.5451.7093
File version1.0.5451.7093

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

Product version1.0.5451.7093
File version1.0.5451.7093

Digital signatures [?]

maintainer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameClearThink
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number59b72b1db71ce323997b1eaf80e12aae

VirusTotal report

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

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
AhnLab-V3 Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
ALYac Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.bfm
Avast Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP]
AVG Generic.109
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware Yontoo (fs)
BitDefender Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Yotoon.A5
ClamAV Win.Adware.Agent-22685
Comodo Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B
DrWeb Trojan.BPlug.437
ESET-NOD32 Win32/BrowseFox.V
F-Prot W32/A-de841313!Eldorado
F-Secure Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
GData Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
Ikarus not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004af26b1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004af26b1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.123632
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Virus.Adware.708
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.SwiftBrowse
VBA32 AdWare.Yotoon
VIPRE Yontoo (fs)
Zillya Adware.Kranet.Win32.476
30 of the 55 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\5fd2ca9d-b04a-4998-b7e8-2d30ebba8fbe\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.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56205958e66a39d8b045751e54f18c059
SHA25647ac1d68ecdea6a21c37cc8b627b2463f77f4ceac06309dc5c86554876ff4568

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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