What is mininews-5.exe?

mininews-5.exe is part of ???? according to the mininews-5.exe version information.

mininews-5.exe's description is "????"

mininews-5.exe is digitally signed by ????????????.

mininews-5.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mininews-5.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 mininews-5.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininews
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.7.14
File version4.1.7.14

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

Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininews
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.7.14
File version4.1.7.14

Digital signatures [?]

mininews-5.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer name????????????
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number078fd1480ad29272fb1f57614e67020e

VirusTotal report

41 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mininews-5.exe file. That's a 62% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Application.Agent.BQI
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[Downloader]/Win32.KuziTui
Arcabit Application.Agent.BQI
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Win32:Malware-gen
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Application.Agent.BQI
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.C51A
CAT-QuickHeal Downldr.Sigmal.S2323718
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Cyren W32/Adware.PZTJ-1977
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft Application.Agent.BQI (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.B potentially unwanted
F-Secure Application.Agent.BQI
Fortinet Riskware/KuaiZip
GData Application.Agent.BQI
Invincea heuristic
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004f7e1d1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004f7e1d1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.KuziTui.gen
MAX malware (ai score=99)
McAfee Adware-KZip
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-KZip
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Agent.BQI
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.KuziTui.ezowmv
Panda Trj/CI.A
Rising PUF.KuaiZip!8.2F40 (TFE:5:xXX0AASVcbQ)
Sophos Generic PUA OK (PUA)
Symantec SecurityRisk.gen1
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R015C0OBB18
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R015C0OBB18
VBA32 Downloader.KuziTui
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Kuaizip.2621336
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex PUA.Downloader!
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.109541
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:Downloader.Win32.KuziTui.gen
41 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the mininews-5.exe file.

mininews-5.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mininews-5.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mininews-5.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mininews-5.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 mininews-5.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mininews-5.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 mininews-5.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\mininews-5.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the mininews-5.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mininews-5.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mininews-5.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If mininews-5.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 mininews-5.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57660959a5cbe0c4352acac068fbd98f2
SHA25625c7cf337e502662a89d1935c4c72df7cb1b87643f0860aa55270c163a6edd4b

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mininews-5.exe:

mininews-5.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mininews-5.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.

???? has stopped working.

End Program - mininews-5.exe. This program is not responding.

mininews-5.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mininews-5.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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