What is mininewsgw-2.exe?

mininewsgw-2.exe is part of ???? according to the mininewsgw-2.exe version information.

mininewsgw-2.exe's description is "????"

mininewsgw-2.exe is digitally signed by ????????????.

mininewsgw-2.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected mininewsgw-2.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mininewsgw-2.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininewsgouwu
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.7.6
File version4.1.7.6

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

Product name????
File description????
Internal namemininewsgouwu
Original filename????
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.7.6
File version4.1.7.6

Digital signatures [?]

mininewsgw-2.exe has a valid digital signature.

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

VirusTotal report

45 of the 73 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mininewsgw-2.exe file. That's a 62% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Amonetize.R216233
Alibaba AdWare:Win32/KuziTui.b8c47c55
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[Downloader]/Win32.KuziTui
APEX Malicious
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.C51A
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.GenericPMF.S3056397
Comodo Application.Win32.KuaiZip.BG@81beht
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cylance Unsafe
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.B potentially unwanted
F-Secure PotentialRisk.PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
FireEye Generic.mg.cc8c1dff0a83de31
Fortinet Adware/KZip
GData Win32.Application.Agent.F6K5H1
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin Downloader.KuziTui.ad
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004f7e1c1 )
K7GW Adware ( 004f7e1c1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
Malwarebytes Adware.Kuaizip
MAX malware (ai score=100)
MaxSecure Trojan.Malware.10619872.susgen
McAfee Adware-KZip
McAfee-GW-Edition Adware-KZip
Microsoft PUA:Win32/KuaiZip
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.KuziTui.euxzcv
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Rising Adware.KuaiZip!1.B84C (CLASSIC)
SentinelOne DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos Generic PUA IM (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Kuaizip/Variant
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0PB419
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0PB419
VBA32 Downloader.KuziTui
ViRobot Adware.Agent.2076624
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex PUA.Downloader!
Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.109770
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
45 of the 73 anti-virus programs detected the mininewsgw-2.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\\mininewsgouwu.zip"
    ],
    "regkey_written": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run\\code",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit\\path",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run\\path"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll",
        "secur32.dll",
        "wininet.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\crypt32",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit"
    ],
    "resolves_host": [
        "i.kpzip.com"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck",
        "C:\\Users",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininewsgouwu.zip"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "61063A75-12A9-4d77-BB2E-E88123DD3FBA"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\DisableImprovedZoneCheck",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\Security_HKLM_only",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1567381985.3281,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin",
        "process_name": "ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin",
        "pid": 2924,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininewsgouwu.zip"
            ],
            "regkey_written": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run\\code",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit\\path",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run\\path"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll",
                "secur32.dll",
                "wininet.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.run",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\crypt32",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39.bin-minigw.exit"
            ],
            "resolves_host": [
                "i.kpzip.com"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck",
                "C:\\Users",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininewsgouwu.zip"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "61063A75-12A9-4d77-BB2E-E88123DD3FBA"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\DisableImprovedZoneCheck",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings\\Security_HKLM_only",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\services\\crypt32\\DebugHeapFlags"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1567381985.5938,
        "ppid": 2732
    }
]

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": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtProtectVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "process_identifier": 2924,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "length": 4096,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "base_address": "0x75bc8000"
                    },
                    "time": 1567381985.7037,
                    "tid": 2016,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2924,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 84
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 14,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "MYICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001973ac",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 9 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00028ccf"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8850",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_MENU",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8cb8",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000001c"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8cd4",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000096"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8d6c",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 9 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000084"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001e8df0",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000250"
            }
        ],
        "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": 1567381985.7817,
                    "tid": 2016,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2924,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 166
            }
        ],
        "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": 6.1985881328583,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.1579990386963,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2678,
            "time": 4.1749391555786,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3006,
            "time": 6.1702861785889,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3334,
            "time": 4.7722890377045,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3662,
            "time": 3.0357220172882,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.7452340126038,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8466,
            "time": 4.2048962116241,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12658,
            "time": 6.2771420478821,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "7bca2c5da8517be6ad0d2a6144b230f502400445456ba94359d668ff36f61a5e",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4de906df20886bf06352cac7eab7f9b223f504e8ddd3513a802dc54606bcad3a",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

mininewsgw-2.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mininewsgw-2.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mininewsgw-2.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mininewsgw-2.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 mininewsgw-2.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mininewsgw-2.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 mininewsgw-2.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\mininewsgw-2.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the mininewsgw-2.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mininewsgw-2.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mininewsgw-2.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If mininewsgw-2.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 mininewsgw-2.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








Free Questionnaires

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cc8c1dff0a83de315501366199fc8901
SHA256ec66db7b82be262b683f9409a65c566f801f6a720bd7629a13a796197abb5c39

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to mininewsgw-2.exe:

mininewsgw-2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

mininewsgw-2.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 - mininewsgw-2.exe. This program is not responding.

mininewsgw-2.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

mininewsgw-2.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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