What is Player.exe?

Player.exe is part of ZIGAT and developed by ZIGAT according to the Player.exe version information.

Player.exe's description is "ZIGAT"

Player.exe is digitally signed by starT PlaYInG.

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameZIGAT
Company nameZIGAT
File descriptionZIGAT
CommentsZIGAT
Legal copyrightZIGAT
Legal trademarkZIGAT
Product version8311.1585.800.8012
File version8311.1585.800.8012

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

Product nameZIGAT
Company nameZIGAT
File descriptionZIGAT
CommentsZIGAT
Legal copyrightZIGAT
Legal trademarkZIGAT
Product version8311.1585.800.8012
File version8311.1585.800.8012

Digital signatures [?]

Player.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer namestarT PlaYInG
Certificate issuer namethawte SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number2e2044e61feebfb2fdd3d1020a7e2122

VirusTotal report

30 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Player.exe file. That's a 53% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.21084
Agnitum PUA.OutBrowse!
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.OutBrowse
Arcabit Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D525C
Avast NSIS:OutBrowse-DQ [PUP]
AVG Downloader.OPP
Avira PUA/Outbrowse.Gen
AVware OutBrowse (fs)
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.21084
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.OutBrowse.A
Cyren W32/Adware.PUGO-0761
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.21084 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/OutBrowse.BY potentially unwanted
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey
Fortinet Riskware/OutBrowse
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.21084
Ikarus PUA.OutBrowse
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004bd6a21 )
K7GW Adware ( 004bd6a21 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.OutBrowse.heur
McAfee Adware-OutBrowse.g
McAfee-GW-Edition RDN/Generic.grp
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.21084
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.OutBrowse.dulwld
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GE.737E6906
VIPRE OutBrowse (fs)
Zillya Adware.OutBrowseGen.Win32.1
30 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Player.exe file.

Player.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD5d61cb425ea99da419b3847e3462ee381
SHA256977550071229ce8c4cf5222f566ff1621fa68f99abba6afe317d6368d0a9cf7a

Error Messages

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

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

player.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.

ZIGAT has stopped working.

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

player.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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