What is Miner.exe?

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.

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 Miner.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Chrome
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version23.0.1271.97
File version23.0.1271.97

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

Product nameGoogle Chrome
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2012 Google Inc. All right..
Product version23.0.1271.97
File version23.0.1271.97

Digital signatures [?]

Miner.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

24 of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Miner.exe file. That's a 52% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
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
24 of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the Miner.exe file.

Miner.exe removal instructions

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:

  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 Miner.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Miner.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 Miner.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Windows\Miner.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Miner.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Miner.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Miner.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Miner.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 Miner.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD594f315d0b8dd99d29b7a6788161d5d1d
SHA256ecba58a10f321ebe1ea09058bd3b603b04856c749a92c48b2aa5bda00d6b0cf0

Error Messages

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.

What will you do with Miner.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with Miner.exe:



What did other users do?

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.

User vote results: There were 12 votes to remove and 2 votes to keep

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.

Comments

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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