What is mininewsxktt-5.exe?

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

mininewsxktt-5.exe's description is "4.1.1.1"

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

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on mininewsxktt-5.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namemininewsxktt
File description4.1.1.1
Internal namemininewsxktt
Original filenamemininewsxktt.exe
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.1.1
File version4.1.1.1

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

Product namemininewsxktt
File description4.1.1.1
Internal namemininewsxktt
Original filenamemininewsxktt.exe
Legal copyright????????????
Product version4.1.1.1
File version4.1.1.1

Digital signatures [?]

mininewsxktt-5.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer name????????????
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number02b30ee595ad3bbe219e68dc6a431af2

VirusTotal report

40 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mininewsxktt-5.exe file. That's a 61% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Application.Amonetize.4
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Amonetize.R191374
Alibaba RiskTool:Win32/KuaiZip.89e21720
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Amonetize
Arcabit Trojan.Application.Amonetize.4
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Application.Amonetize.4
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.C51A
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Mauvaise.SL1
CrowdStrike win/malicious_confidence_100% (D)
Cybereason malicious.3dcb1d
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Application.Amonetize.4 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.D potentially unwanted
F-Secure Adware.ADWARE/Amonetize.Gen7
FireEye Generic.mg.b7eb7733dcb1ddaf
Fortinet Adware/Amonetize
GData Gen:Variant.Application.Amonetize.4
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin AdWare.Amonetize.amfd
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004f4c361 )
K7GW Adware ( 004f4c361 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.d
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.ChinAd
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee PUP-XBH-DU
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareKZip.th
Microsoft PUA:Win32/KuaiZip
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Application.Amonetize.4
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Amonetize.eijfqv
SentinelOne DFI - Malicious PE
Sophos Generic PUA AB (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware PUP.ChinAd/Variant
VBA32 BScope.Downloader.KuziTui
Yandex PUA.Amonetize!
Zillya Adware.GenericKD.Win32.309
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.d
40 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the mininewsxktt-5.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\\mininewsxktt.zip"
    ],
    "regkey_written": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run\\path",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run\\code"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.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\\mininewsxktt.zip",
        "C:\\Users",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local"
    ],
    "mutex": [
        "mininewsxktt.exe-20161019"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin",
        "process_name": "66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "file_created": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\mininewsxktt.zip"
            ],
            "regkey_written": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run\\path",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run\\code"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\\X86\\KZReport.exe"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Install",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\KuaiZip\\Report\\offline\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.bin-mininewsxktt.run",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\66bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f.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\\mininewsxktt.zip",
                "C:\\Users",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local"
            ],
            "mutex": [
                "mininewsxktt.exe-20161019"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1578199986.78125,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1578199986.453125,
        "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": "0x000076e2"
            },
            {
                "name": "XML",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x0015cb2c",
                "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": "0x0015cb2c",
                "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": "0x00163eac",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00163eac",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00163eac",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00163eac",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_DIALOG",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x00164314",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000096"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001643ac",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 4 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000003e"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_VERSION",
                "language": "LANG_CHINESE",
                "offset": "0x001643ec",
                "filetype": "data",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000027c"
            }
        ],
        "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": 1578199986.93725,
                    "tid": 2436,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2740,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 109
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "stealth_window"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.17303721362826,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x0000fa00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00155000",
                    "entropy": 7.17303721362826,
                    "name": ".rsrc",
                    "virtual_size": "0x0000f8d8"
                },
                "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": 662,
            "time": 6.196310997009277,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2490,
            "time": 6.128377914428711,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2818,
            "time": 4.133152961730957,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3146,
            "time": 6.135398864746094,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3474,
            "time": 4.745305061340332,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3802,
            "time": 3.022099018096924,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4130,
            "time": 4.153962850570679,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 9594,
            "time": 4.154214859008789,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13786,
            "time": 6.257462978363037,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "bcfb0c6a7114e8d492ae939377237edc4e2825648bf40083972078a131269413",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "7f4a973feab7e4d5f8db3fd3266b4e138b05b42870b5cedf8d5d1b88733ff758",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

mininewsxktt-5.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove mininewsxktt-5.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the mininewsxktt-5.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that mininewsxktt-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 mininewsxktt-5.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the mininewsxktt-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 mininewsxktt-5.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\mininewsxktt-5.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the mininewsxktt-5.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If mininewsxktt-5.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If mininewsxktt-5.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If mininewsxktt-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 mininewsxktt-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
MD5b7eb7733dcb1ddaf821849990d932320
SHA25666bfd1397e35638b8806f1f60667b1352a4a4449b7e8f89382203fe56b59408f

Error Messages

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

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

mininewsxktt-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.

4.1.1.1 has stopped working.

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

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

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

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