What is wminipro.exe?

wminipro.exe is part of DTools and developed by DTools LIMITED according to the wminipro.exe version information.

wminipro.exe's description is "DTools"

wminipro.exe is digitally signed by Cherished Technololgy LIMITED.

wminipro.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\cwminiproc\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameDTools
Company nameDTools LIMITED
File descriptionDTools
Internal nameSysTool.exe
Original filenameDTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) DTools by 2001
Product version20.0.0.2304
File version20.0.0.2304

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

Product nameDTools
Company nameDTools LIMITED
File descriptionDTools
Internal nameSysTool.exe
Original filenameDTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) DTools by 2001
Product version20.0.0.2304
File version20.0.0.2304

Digital signatures [?]

wminipro.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameCherished Technololgy LIMITED
Certificate issuer nameGlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2
Certificate serial number112158452984f80935ceb0668cfc9d236866

VirusTotal report

3 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wminipro.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF
DrWeb Adware.Mutabaha.672
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted
3 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the wminipro.exe file.

wminipro.exe removal instructions

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








Free Questionnaires

Filename variants

wminipro.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

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

Other files also named wminipro.exe

wminipro.exe (11 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d21a1f449654b537d828409104874c27
SHA256ca63c092503be2aae1da6ae34d008edbca6a54d56d842e1965fcc331082e9a40

Error Messages

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

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

wminipro.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.

DTools has stopped working.

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

wminipro.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wminipro.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wminipro.exe. 80% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 5 users.

User vote results: There were 4 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 wminipro.exe. Only 5 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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Roger Karlsson writes

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Here's the current anti-virus detections:

* AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.PcClient 20151030
* Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF 20151030
* DrWeb Adware.Mutabaha.672 20151030
* ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted 20151030
* Fortinet Riskware/Elex 20151030
* Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.WindowsProtectManager 20151030

# 31 Oct 2015, 8:57

Roger Karlsson writes

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I've also posted about WMiniPro.exe in the blog:

http://www.freefixer.com/b/remove-wminipro-exe-from-your-computer/

# 10 Nov 2015, 0:23

Roger Karlsson writes

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The anti-virus scanners have improved their detections:

* AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.PcClient 20151110
* Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric 20151110
* Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF 20151109
* DrWeb Adware.Mutabaha.672 20151110
* ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted 20151110
* Fortinet Riskware/Elex 20151110
* K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004cf7a41 ) 20151110
* K7GW Adware ( 004cf7a41 ) 20151110
* Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WProtManager.ce 20151110
* Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.WindowsProtectManager 20151110
* Panda PUP/TencentQQLive 20151109
* Zillya Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.147131 20151109

# 10 Nov 2015, 0:25

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