What is Windows_Sis.exe?

Windows_Sis.exe is part of Windows_Update and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the Windows_Sis.exe version information.

Windows_Sis.exe's description is "Windows_Update"

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameWindows_Update
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWindows_Update
Internal namelol.exe
Original filenamelol.exe
CommentsWindows_Update
Legal copyrightCopyright by Microsoft 2014
Legal trademarkAll Rights reserved!
Product version4.1.5.?0
File version4.1.5.?0

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

Product nameWindows_Update
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWindows_Update
Internal namelol.exe
Original filenamelol.exe
CommentsWindows_Update
Legal copyrightCopyright by Microsoft 2014
Legal trademarkAll Rights reserved!
Product version4.1.5.?0
File version4.1.5.?0

Digital signatures [?]

Windows_Sis.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

14 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Windows_Sis.exe file. That's a 26% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win32.Generic
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Baidu-International Trojan.MSIL.Kryptik.bVS
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Kryptik.VS
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946
GData Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946
Malwarebytes Trojan.MSIL
McAfee Trojan-FDWX!FDEE84F11C59
McAfee-GW-Edition Trojan-FDWX!FDEE84F11C59
Microsoft Backdoor:MSIL/Bladabindi
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Kazy.483946
14 of the 53 anti-virus programs detected the Windows_Sis.exe file.

Windows_Sis.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD5fdee84f11c591d59d1b5d0f77bfd175f
SHA256eecd14e36c694ddfc00ff1fc6f410bcd08bd90d4b29d1d4a31b081c9b62c0094

Error Messages

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

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

windows_sis.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.

Windows_Update has stopped working.

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

windows_sis.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with the file?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

Comments

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