What is Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe?

Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

The verification of Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe's digital signature failed.

PropertyValue
Signer nameB&C
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number6e3cb1c5f365ee91b616260780245e0f

VirusTotal report

45 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe file. That's a 79% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.25
AegisLab Adware.W32.Kraddare!c
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Enumerate
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Kraddare.aip
Arcabit Trojan.Adware.Kraddare.25
Avast Win32:GenMaliciousA-MQY [Adw]
AVG Generic.382
Avira ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
AVware Kraddare
Baidu Multi.Threats.InArchive
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.25
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.A054
CAT-QuickHeal PUA.Agent.013562
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-1394552
Comodo Application.Win32.Kraddare.DE
Cyren W32/Kraddare.J.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb Trojan.Adkor.65
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.25 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.Kraddare.LK
F-Prot W32/Kraddare.J.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare
Fortinet Adware/Kraddare
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.25
Ikarus Win32.SuspectCrc
Jiangmin AdWare/Kraddare.el
K7AntiVirus Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
K7GW Riskware ( 0040eff71 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Kraddare.aip
Malwarebytes Trojan.SelfDel
McAfee Artemis!8050AA8BF966
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Generic.hc
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Kraddare.25
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
Sophos Kraddare (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Asprox.B
Tencent Win32.Adware.Kraddare.Dxme
TrendMicro TROJ_GE.9BCBC8B5
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GE.9BCBC8B5
VBA32 AdWare.Kraddare
VIPRE Kraddare
ViRobot Adware.Kraddare.550832[h]
Yandex PUA.Kraddare!
Zillya Adware.Kraddare.Win32.3493
45 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe file.

Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).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 Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).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 Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).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 Skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).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
MD58050aa8bf9660a87a27dce72bf722f6d
SHA25633a20b3822098c26ecda0b68ba1562fdbe3cc7f86768fddee96370dba3aab184

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe:

skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).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.

skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe has stopped working.

End Program - skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe. This program is not responding.

skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe is not a valid Win32 application.

skywidget(agent)_u(20151117).exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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