What is onlysearch.exe?

onlysearch.exe is part of and developed by Pay By Ads LTD according to the onlysearch.exe version information.

onlysearch.exe's description is " "

onlysearch.exe is digitally signed by PayByAds ltd..

onlysearch.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.12.9\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

17 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the onlysearch.exe file. That's a 31% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus]/Win32.Montiera
AVG	Paybyads.893
AVware	Montiera (fs)
Baidu-International	PUA.Win32.Montiera.BL
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.L
Fortinet	Riskware/Montiera
Ikarus	PUA.OnlySearch
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Montiera.b
Kingsoft	Win32.Troj.DownMontiera.b.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A
McAfee	Artemis!46EDEE81DDD1
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
Qihoo-360	Trojan.Generic
Sophos	PayByAds
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Suspicious_GEN.F47V0914
VBA32	Downloader.Montiera
VIPRE	Montiera (fs)

onlysearch.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove onlysearch.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the onlysearch.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that onlysearch.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate onlysearch.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the onlysearch.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 onlysearch.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.12.9\onlysearch.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the onlysearch.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If onlysearch.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If onlysearch.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If onlysearch.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 onlysearch.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Folder name variants

onlysearch.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.12.9\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Users\Chase Croker\AppData\Local\onlysearch\onlysearch\1.3.12.9\

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