What is mininews-8.exe?

mininews-8.exe is part of ???? according to the mininews-8.exe version information.

mininews-8.exe's description is "????"

mininews-8.exe is digitally signed by ????????????.

mininews-8.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mininews-8.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mininews-8.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininews
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.8.7
File version4.1.8.7

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

Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininews
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.8.7
File version4.1.8.7

Digital signatures [?]

mininews-8.exe has a valid digital signature.

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

VirusTotal report

47 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mininews-8.exe file. That's a 67% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.172413
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.KuaiZip.C2722773
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.KuaiZip
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Strictor.D2A17D
AVG FileRepMetagen [PUP]
Avira PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.172413
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.C51A
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Mauvaise.SL1
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#3rmg9e56jjio9
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason malicious.d32b76
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/S-234823e5!Eldorado
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.172413 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.B potentially unwanted
F-Prot W32/S-234823e5!Eldorado
F-Secure PotentialRisk.PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
Fortinet Adware/KuaiZip
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.172413
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin AdWare.KuaiZip.bf
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004f7e1c1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004f7e1c1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.ChinAd
MAX malware (ai score=99)
McAfee Adware-KZip
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareKZip.vh
Microsoft PUA:Win32/KuaiZip
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.172413
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.KuaiZip.fhvuuo
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising PUF.KuaiZip!8.2F40 (CLOUD)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Generic PUA PO (PUA)
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R061C0OIA18
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R061C0OIA18
VBA32 BScope.Downloader.KuziTui
ViRobot Adware.Kuaizip.2625560.G
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex PUA.KuaiZip!
Zillya Adware.KuaiZip.Win32.55
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
47 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the mininews-8.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news\\mininewsxktt.zip"
    ],
    "regkey_written": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start\\path",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run\\path",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit\\path"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "secur32.dll",
        "wininet.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\temp\\mininews",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin"
    ],
    "resolves_host": [
        "mininews.kpzip.com"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming",
        "C:\\Users",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news\\mininewsxktt.zip",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "C9CD4F35-4AD6-45d3-8A0E-AC211EB1D13E"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\svcVersion",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "directory_created": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin",
        "process_name": "afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin",
        "pid": 2800,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news\\mininewsxktt.zip"
            ],
            "regkey_written": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start\\path",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run\\path",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit\\path"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "secur32.dll",
                "wininet.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.start",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.exit",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\temp\\mininews",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin-mininews.run",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15.bin"
            ],
            "resolves_host": [
                "mininews.kpzip.com"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming",
                "C:\\Users",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news\\mininewsxktt.zip",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "C9CD4F35-4AD6-45d3-8A0E-AC211EB1D13E"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\svcVersion",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "directory_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin\\news",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Roaming\\KuaiZip\\Skin"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1599454390.671875,
        "ppid": 2736
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1599454390.421875,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "MYICON",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 10,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "MYICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0025b2ec",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 5 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000075df"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x002699f0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x002699f0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x002699f0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x002699f0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x002699f0",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_MENU",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00269e58",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000040"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00269e98",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000096"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00269f30",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 5 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000004c"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00269f7c",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000248"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "A process created a hidden window",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 0,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "last_error": 2,
                    "nt_status": -1073741816,
                    "api": "ShellExecuteExW",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "parameters": "",
                        "filepath": "\\X86\\KZReport.exe",
                        "filepath_r": "\\X86\\KZReport.exe",
                        "show_type": 0
                    },
                    "time": 1599454390.905875,
                    "tid": 2816,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2800,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 188
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "stealth_window"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.218812942504883,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2490,
            "time": 6.150573015213013,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2818,
            "time": 4.156347036361694,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3146,
            "time": 6.157917022705078,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3474,
            "time": 4.784933090209961,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3802,
            "time": 3.050852060317993,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4130,
            "time": 4.720168113708496,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8606,
            "time": 4.186633110046387,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12798,
            "time": 6.265166997909546,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "dfcf6a7c8a257ee4c27bd112e5d0500a0e707abd37239c72ed32bed562fd19d6",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "782e1e6e6ca31b8617b43256ef4b9d7cd95abaa6cabdf1416a8e511c4338fac8",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

mininews-8.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mininews-8.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mininews-8.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mininews-8.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-8.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mininews-8.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-8.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\mininews-8.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the mininews-8.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mininews-8.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mininews-8.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If mininews-8.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-8.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
MD59d07cc7d32b760a6db8a2362073b4c6f
SHA256afa1c2636f1d94cbc7f7e1825703965bb7424758fe3898081a975d738375ca15

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mininews-8.exe:

mininews-8.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mininews-8.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-8.exe. This program is not responding.

mininews-8.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mininews-8.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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