What is ods.exe?

ods.exe's description is " " according to the ods.exe version information.

ods.exe is digitally signed by Golden Dock.

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

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

PropertyValue
File description
Internal nameods.exe
Original filenameods.exe
Legal copyright
Product version1.0.5696.27304
File version1.0.5696.27304

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

File description
Internal nameods.exe
Original filenameods.exe
Legal copyright
Product version1.0.5696.27304
File version1.0.5696.27304

Digital signatures [?]

ods.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGolden Dock
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number0b58d134bc7841b7c3e6d5fe14474ddc

VirusTotal report

23 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the ods.exe file. That's a 42% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/NSIS.BrowseFox.d
Arcabit PUP.Adware.BrowseFox.ebh
AVG Generic.E8E
Avira ADWARE/BrowseFox.188104
AVware Adware.BrowseFox
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.B312
CAT-QuickHeal Adware.Browsefox.r3 (Not a Virus)
Cyren W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Yontoo.2465
F-Prot W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado
Jiangmin AdWare/NSIS.jhw
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 700000121 )
K7GW Adware ( 700000121 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Yontoo
McAfee Artemis!9FF0A19E5900
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dxemcv
Panda Generic Suspicious
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Bp-startpage.Nlob
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R047C0OIC15
VBA32 AdWare.BrowseFox
VIPRE Adware.BrowseFox
23 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the ods.exe file.

ods.exe removal instructions

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

ods.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59ff0a19e590041c88eb3e5ed9b9d4d0e
SHA256a315d0d3db48e9c31dd621efa485ddaff8e4e1e78718899a951aefac45ebc930

Error Messages

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

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

ods.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.

has stopped working.

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

ods.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with ods.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with ods.exe. 90% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 10 users.

User vote results: There were 9 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 ods.exe. Only 10 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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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