What is bfgminer.vbs?

bfgminer.vbs is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\com.flash.widgetbrowser\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected bfgminer.vbs.

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 [?]

bfgminer.vbs does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

bfgminer.vbs is not signed.

VirusTotal report

5 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the bfgminer.vbs file. That's a 10% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Application.BitCoinMiner.BW
BitDefender Application.BitCoinMiner.BW
F-Secure Application.BitCoinMiner.BW
GData Application.BitCoinMiner.BW
MicroWorld-eScan Application.BitCoinMiner.BW
5 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the bfgminer.vbs file.

bfgminer.vbs removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD5099740b71c4e8f13c03fb5be96b4d291
SHA256d192eb6a6e9ae0159eb4764454181575317a25c73361ebec76a92d1f168177d3

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with bfgminer.vbs. 83% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 6 users.

User vote results: There were 5 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 bfgminer.vbs. Only 6 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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