What is mininews4-4.exe?

mininews4-4.exe is part of mininews4 according to the mininews4-4.exe version information.

mininews4-4.exe's description is "4.1.2.1"

mininews4-4.exe is digitally signed by ????????????.

mininews4-4.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mininews4-4.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mininews4-4.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	mininews4
File description	4.1.2.1
Internal name	mininews4
Original filename	mininews4.exe
Legal copyright	????????????
Product version	4.1.2.1
File version	4.1.2.1

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

Product name	mininews4
File description	4.1.2.1
Internal name	mininews4
Original filename	mininews4.exe
Legal copyright	????????????
Product version	4.1.2.1
File version	4.1.2.1

Digital signatures [?]

mininews4-4.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	????????????
Certificate issuer name	VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number	02b30ee595ad3bbe219e68dc6a431af2

VirusTotal report

48 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mininews4-4.exe file. That's a 69% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Zusy.250089
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Amonetize.R189255
Alibaba	RiskTool:Win32/KuaiZip.ec7ff630
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Zusy.250089
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Downloader]/MSIL.Banload
Arcabit	Trojan.Zusy.D3D0E9
Avast	Win32:Malware-gen
AVG	Win32:Malware-gen
Avira	ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Zusy.250089
Bkav	W32.HfsAdware.C51A
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Mauvaise.SL1
Comodo	fls.noname@0
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason	malicious.79da03
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/S-57185241!Eldorado
eGambit	Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft	Application.AdNews (A)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.D potentially unwanted
F-Prot	W32/S-57185241!Eldorado
F-Secure	Adware.ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
FireEye	Generic.mg.dc87bb479da03741
Fortinet	W32/Banload.D!tr.dldr
GData	Gen:Variant.Zusy.250089
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.MSIL.nnp
K7AntiVirus	Unwanted-Program ( 005323b41 )
K7GW	Unwanted-Program ( 005323b41 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.d
MAX	malware (ai score=99)
McAfee	Adware-KZip
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareKZip.th
Microsoft	PUA:Win32/KuaiZip
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Zusy.250089
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Banload.ejchsp
Rising	Downloader.Banload!8.15B (CLOUD)
SentinelOne	DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos	Generic PUA HG (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware	PUP.ChinAd/Variant
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OII18
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0OII18
VBA32	BScope.Downloader.KuziTui
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Yandex	Trojan.DL.Banload!o4rjDkY6EhM
Zillya	Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.20809
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.d

48 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the mininews4-4.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\\Local\\Temp\\mininews4.zip"
    ],
    "regkey_written": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run\\path"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin"
    ],
    "resolves_host": [
        "i.kpzip.com"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininews4.zip",
        "C:\\Users",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "mininews.exe-20160301"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin",
        "process_name": "d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin",
        "pid": 2816,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininews4.zip"
            ],
            "regkey_written": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run\\path"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin-mininews4.run",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e.bin"
            ],
            "resolves_host": [
                "i.kpzip.com"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininews4.zip",
                "C:\\Users",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "mininews.exe-20160301"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1582494786.796875,
        "ppid": 2016
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1582494786.4375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "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
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "XML",
                "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": "0x001552f4",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 4 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x000090a7"
            },
            {
                "name": "XML",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0015e4f0",
                "filetype": "XML 1.0 document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000014a"
            },
            {
                "name": "XML",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0015e4f0",
                "filetype": "XML 1.0 document, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000014a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167238",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167238",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167238",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167238",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001676a0",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000096"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167738",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 4 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000003e"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00167778",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000264"
            }
        ],
        "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": 1582494786.937875,
                    "tid": 2420,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2816,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 108
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "stealth_window"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.479059049028243,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x00012e00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00155000",
                    "entropy": 7.479059049028243,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x00012c4c"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    }
]

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": 546,
            "time": 3.077928066253662,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2374,
            "time": 3.0379600524902344,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2702,
            "time": 1.0150470733642578,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3030,
            "time": 3.0492730140686035,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3358,
            "time": 1.6524569988250732,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3686,
            "time": -0.10155296325683594,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4014,
            "time": 1.5786161422729492,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8490,
            "time": 1.0359530448913574,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12682,
            "time": 3.140974998474121,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "0640c504f34c0b14875b47a05b8d39a6d158b7076d7fde3588bc5b051e3980eb",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "a7ee7abad81fef4fb5f30bbdbb50e2b9e46a66894e77836e9e7f3fe23f01d7d3",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

mininews4-4.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mininews4-4.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mininews4-4.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mininews4-4.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 mininews4-4.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mininews4-4.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 mininews4-4.exe in the scan result.

c:\downloads\mininews4-4.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the mininews4-4.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mininews4-4.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mininews4-4.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If mininews4-4.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 mininews4-4.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	dc87bb479da0374164e7b674d733ddd8
SHA256	d9f781e1f0f7b76eecd6adaf4c0aafdb6de80b96616c88061dc4e873ea75cf4e

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mininews4-4.exe:

mininews4-4.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mininews4-4.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.

4.1.2.1 has stopped working.

End Program - mininews4-4.exe. This program is not responding.

mininews4-4.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mininews4-4.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

mininews4-4.exe removal instructions

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

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