Miner.exe is part of Google Chrome and developed by Google Inc. according to the Miner.exe version information.
Miner.exe's description is "Google Chrome"
Miner.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Windows\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Miner.exe.
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The following is the available information on Miner.exe:
Property | Value |
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Product name | Google Chrome |
Company name | Google Inc. |
File description | Google Chrome |
Internal name | chrome_exe |
Original filename | chrome.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved. |
Product version | 23.0.1271.97 |
File version | 23.0.1271.97 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
Product name | Google Chrome |
Company name | Google Inc. |
File description | Google Chrome |
Internal name | chrome_exe |
Original filename | chrome.exe |
Legal copyright | Copyright 2012 Google Inc. All right.. |
Product version | 23.0.1271.97 |
File version | 23.0.1271.97 |
Miner.exe is not signed.
24 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Miner.exe file. That's a 52% detection rate.
Scanner | Detection Name |
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Agnitum | RiskTool.BitCoinMiner!/S+2UO59ml8 |
AntiVir | SPR/BitCoinMiner.M |
Avast | Win32:BitCoinMiner-AT [PUP] |
AVG | Generic30.BERY |
Commtouch | W32/Trojan.MPFG-2786 |
Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware |
DrWeb | Tool.BtcMine.68 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BitCoinMiner.Q |
Fortinet | Riskware/BitCoinMiner |
Ikarus | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner |
K7AntiVirus | Riskware |
K7GW | Riskware |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.BitCoinMiner.ccl |
Malwarebytes | Trojan.BitCoinMiner |
McAfee | Generic.dx!bhqx |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Generic.dx!bhqx |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.BtcMine.bemmps |
Panda | Trj/CI.A |
PCTools | Trojan.Gen |
Sophos | Generic PUA HG |
Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
TrendMicro | HKTL_BITCOINMINE |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | HKTL_BITCOINMINE |
VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
The instructions below shows how to remove Miner.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Miner.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Miner.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
Property | Value |
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MD5 | 94f315d0b8dd99d29b7a6788161d5d1d |
SHA256 | ecba58a10f321ebe1ea09058bd3b603b04856c749a92c48b2aa5bda00d6b0cf0 |
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to miner.exe:
miner.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
miner.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.
Google Chrome has stopped working.
End Program - miner.exe. This program is not responding.
miner.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
miner.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with Miner.exe:
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Miner.exe. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 14 users.
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Miner.exe. Only 14 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
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