What is HGFU.exe?

HGFU.exe is part of Cinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01 and developed by Cinema PlusV14.01 according to the HGFU.exe version information.

HGFU.exe's description is "Cinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01 exe"

HGFU.exe is digitally signed by AcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited).

HGFU.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01
Company nameCinema PlusV14.01
File descriptionCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01 exe
Internal nameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01
Original filenameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2011
Product version1000.1000.1000.1000
File version1000.1000.1000.1000

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

Product nameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01
Company nameCinema PlusV14.01
File descriptionCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01 exe
Internal nameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01
Original filenameCinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2011
Product version1000.1000.1000.1000
File version1000.1000.1000.1000

Digital signatures [?]

HGFU.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAcDc Project (BrightCircle Investments Limited)
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO Code Signing CA 2
Certificate serial number00bb5cb272841409598560e8776848bbf4

VirusTotal report

37 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the HGFU.exe file. That's a 65% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Application.Heur.2v1@mOZeDTaO
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrossRider.kyc
Avast Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG Crossrider.FBW
Avira ADWARE/CrossRid.bqyp
AVware Crossrider (fs)
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.CrossAd.CB
BitDefender Gen:Application.Heur.2v1@mOZeDTaO
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.52D8
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.BrightCircle.OD6
Comodo Application.Win32.Plush.GRI
Cyren W32/Application.VBCX-0513
DrWeb Trojan.Crossrider1.23051
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.CB potentially unwanted
F-Secure Gen:Application.Heur.2v1@mOZeDTaO
Fortinet Riskware/CrossRider
GData Gen:Application.Heur.2v1@mOZeDTaO
Ikarus Trojan.GoogUpdate
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e41 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e41 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider.kyc
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.CinemaPlus.A
McAfee Artemis!32B74DD050FA
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Application.Heur.2v1@mOZeDTaO
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Crossrider1.dmjkhi
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Application.810
Rising PE:Malware.CrossRider!6.214D
Sophos AppRider
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CrossRider/Variant
Symantec PUA.Gen.2
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.1
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00BM15
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00BM15
VIPRE Crossrider (fs)
Zillya Adware.CrossRider.Win32.2262
37 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the HGFU.exe file.

HGFU.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove HGFU.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the HGFU.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that HGFU.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 HGFU.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the HGFU.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 HGFU.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\HGFU.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the HGFU.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If HGFU.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If HGFU.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If HGFU.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 HGFU.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
MD532b74dd050fa046129967d7a28288da3
SHA2560deb28937a2b04f4de0bc9c351d8a6202d75e5b9786165c600d12e30f1524e6d

Error Messages

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

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

hgfu.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.

Cinema-Plus-1.7cV14.01 exe has stopped working.

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

hgfu.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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