What is birdkiss.exe?
birdkiss.exe is part of Birdkiss according to the birdkiss.exe version information.
birdkiss.exe's description is "Birdkiss"
birdkiss.exe is digitally signed by Yupeng Zhang.
birdkiss.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\birdkiss\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected birdkiss.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 birdkiss.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Birdkiss |
| File description | Birdkiss |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2016 Birdkiss Authors |
| Product version | 51.6.2704.63 |
| File version | 1.0.0.1 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Birdkiss |
| File description | Birdkiss |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (C) 2016 Birdkiss Authors |
| Product version | 51.6.2704.63 |
| File version | 1.0.0.1 |
Digital signatures [?]
birdkiss.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Yupeng Zhang |
| Certificate issuer name | thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 3acd4267de28e9001e7e9080d51397ea |
VirusTotal report
46 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the birdkiss.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Generic.C1560264 |
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| Arcabit | Trojan.Strictor.D1B6C4 |
| Avira | TR/Crypt.ZPACK.oenv |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Baidu | Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9990 |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Pua.Elex |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_100% (D) |
| Cybereason | malicious.1b8fb7 |
| Cyren | W32/S-bc3e24bd!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.Mutabaha.1383 |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 (B) |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Obfuscated.NIS |
| F-Prot | W32/S-bc3e24bd!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Elex |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Crypt |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| Jiangmin | AdWare.ELEX.cid |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004f34901 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004f34901 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Elex.sgn |
| Malwarebytes | Adware.Ghokswa |
| MAX | malware (ai score=100) |
| McAfee | RDN/Generic PUP.x |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | RDN/Generic PUP.x |
| Microsoft | Trojan:Win32/Ghokswa |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Strictor.112324 |
| Panda | PUP/Qksee |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM19.1.Malware.Gen |
| SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
| Sophos | Mal/Generic-S |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.ELEX/Variant |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Adware.Elex.Ectk |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R047C0DF917 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R047C0DF917 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.ELEX |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Webroot | W32.Adware.Gen |
| Zillya | Trojan.ObfuscatedCRTD.Win32.7486 |
| ZoneAlarm | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Elex.sgn |
birdkiss.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove birdkiss.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the birdkiss.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that birdkiss.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate birdkiss.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the birdkiss.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 birdkiss.exe in the scan result.
c:\programdata\birdkiss\birdkiss.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the birdkiss.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If birdkiss.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If birdkiss.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If birdkiss.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that birdkiss.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | fb10eec2af95d98aa56017bb3730139a |
| SHA256 | 60e918692436fd1cc2e702f6ebed6fe64b711dcbd832427bffdfa7f90f4d3a8c |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to birdkiss.exe:
birdkiss.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
birdkiss.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.
Birdkiss has stopped working.
End Program - birdkiss.exe. This program is not responding.
birdkiss.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
birdkiss.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with birdkiss.exe?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with birdkiss.exe:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with birdkiss.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 1 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with birdkiss.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Comments
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