What is questbrowse125.exe?

questbrowse125.exe is digitally signed by QuestBrowse.com.

questbrowse125.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\QuestBrwSearch\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected questbrowse125.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 [?]

questbrowse125.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

questbrowse125.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameQuestBrowse.com
Certificate issuer nameUTN-USERFirst-Object
Certificate serial number00e4373d3806c6a390387cd443caff15a0

VirusTotal report

32 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the questbrowse125.exe file. That's a 70% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Agnitum Adware.OneStep!F5aAutrIYyE
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.Suspicious
AntiVir ADSPY/AdSpy.Gen2
Avast Win32:Zwangi-P [PUP]
AVG OneStepSearcher.D
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Zwangi.2
Comodo ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.OneStep.T
DrWeb Trojan.Searcher.932
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.Zwangi.2 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.OneStep.T
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Zwangi.2
Fortinet Adware/OneStep
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Zwangi.2
Ikarus Gen.Variant.AdWare.Zwangi
Jiangmin Adware/Zwangi.gxa
K7AntiVirus Riskware
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.OneStep.re.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Adware.Agent.ZGen
McAfee Adware-OneStep.l
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-OneStep.l
Microsoft BrowserModifier:Win32/Zwangi
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Zwangi.2
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.HUVXI
Panda Generic Trojan
PCTools Adware.Zwunzi
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.12713B8C
Sophos Zwangi
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Zwangi
Symantec Trojan.ADH.2
TrendMicro TROJ_SPNR.0FJ511
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_SPNR.0FJ511
VIPRE Onestepsearch
32 of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the questbrowse125.exe file.

questbrowse125.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove questbrowse125.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the questbrowse125.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that questbrowse125.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 questbrowse125.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the questbrowse125.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 questbrowse125.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\QuestBrwSearch\questbrowse125.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the questbrowse125.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If questbrowse125.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If questbrowse125.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If questbrowse125.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 questbrowse125.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
MD5d98559cea596ab064fec44590222d1de
SHA256503fb76f2ac5616d33e71db67e7121c1c84ee12e17e714c615159320f68c6fff

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to questbrowse125.exe:

questbrowse125.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

questbrowse125.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.

questbrowse125.exe has stopped working.

End Program - questbrowse125.exe. This program is not responding.

questbrowse125.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

questbrowse125.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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