What is nwk.exe?

nwk.exe is digitally signed by Rainnd Inc.

nwk.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

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

Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2013
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

Digital signatures [?]

nwk.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameRainnd Inc
Certificate issuer nameGo Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Certificate serial number277fb6ab1157a64b

VirusTotal report

50 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the nwk.exe file. That's a 72% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Zusy.207562
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.CloverPlus.C616307
ALYac Trojan.Clicker.Runagry
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.CloverPlus
Arcabit Trojan.Zusy.D32ACA
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira TR/Agent.hbyk
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Zusy.207562
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.AFAE
CAT-QuickHeal Backdoor.Runagry
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#2k7l23sraofeg
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_60% (D)
Cybereason malicious.8ca0a5
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Application.RMRE-3103
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader26.7072
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Zusy.207562 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.CloverPlus.AB
F-Secure Trojan.TR/Agent.hbyk
Fortinet W32/Runagry.AB!tr.bdr
GData Gen:Variant.Zusy.207562
Ikarus not-a-virus:AdWare.CloverPlus
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin TrojanDownloader.Generic.auvy
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004c4e741 )
K7GW Adware ( 004c4e741 )
Kaspersky Backdoor.Win32.Runagry.vph
Malwarebytes Adware.Clover
McAfee GenericRXAL-GM!A23DCF08CA0A
McAfee-GW-Edition GenericRXAL-GM!A23DCF08CA0A
Microsoft PUA:Win32/Kuping
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Zusy.207562
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.Dwn.ehfnat
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Backdoor.1b4
Sophos Generic PUA EG (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.CloverPlus/Variant
Symantec PUA.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Backdoor.Runagry.Ljjx
TrendMicro ADW_CLOVERPLUS
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_CLOVERPLUS
VBA32 BScope.Backdoor.Agent
ViRobot Adware.Agent.224352.C
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex Backdoor.Runagry!cpczY/ImJr8
Zillya Backdoor.RunagryCRTD.Win32.6074
ZoneAlarm Backdoor.Win32.Runagry.vph
Zoner Trojan.Win32.47922
50 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the nwk.exe file.

nwk.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove nwk.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the nwk.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that nwk.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 nwk.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the nwk.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 nwk.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\nwk.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the nwk.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If nwk.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If nwk.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If nwk.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 nwk.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
MD5a23dcf08ca0a5872546d0db0b777efec
SHA2562c9a18372406a5bab1411368df98fcb1dbe35669d161b3f532907f3057b8fd83

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to nwk.exe:

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

nwk.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.

nwk.exe has stopped working.

End Program - nwk.exe. This program is not responding.

nwk.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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