What is popnews-1.exe?

popnews-1.exe is part of ??? according to the popnews-1.exe version information.

popnews-1.exe's description is "???"

popnews-1.exe is digitally signed by ????????????.

popnews-1.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected popnews-1.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 popnews-1.exe:

PropertyValue
Product name???
File description???
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018
Product version1.0.0.5
File version1.0.0.5

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

Product name???
File description???
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2018
Product version1.0.0.5
File version1.0.0.5

Digital signatures [?]

popnews-1.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer name????????????
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number3f05e026377bbd578771839c20708edd

VirusTotal report

42 of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the popnews-1.exe file. That's a 59% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.31406965
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Generic.C2883691
ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.31406965
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Ludicrouz
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1DF3B75
Avast FileRepMalware [PUP]
AVG FileRepMalware [PUP]
Avira PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.31406965
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.2489
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Kuaizip
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#oals460rbhte
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_80% (D)
Cybereason malicious.551e55
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.CFBF-7711
eGambit Unsafe.AI_Score_99%
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.31406965 (B)
Endgame malicious (high confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KuaiZip.D potentially unwanted
F-Secure PotentialRisk.PUA/KuaiZip.Gen
Fortinet Riskware/KuaiZip
GData Trojan.GenericKD.31406965
Jiangmin AdWare.KuziTui.d
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004f4c361 )
K7GW Adware ( 004f4c361 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.Kuaizip
McAfee Artemis!E47A774551E5
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.th
Microsoft PUA:Win32/KuaiZip
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.31406965
Panda Trj/CI.A
Rising PUF.KuaiZip!8.2F40 (CLOUD)
Sophos Generic PUA BL (PUA)
Symantec PUA.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R057C0OL318
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R057C0OL318
VBA32 BScope.Adware.KuaiZip
Yandex PUA.KuziTui!
Zillya Adware.KuziTui.Win32.10
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.KuziTui.gen
42 of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the popnews-1.exe file.

popnews-1.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove popnews-1.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the popnews-1.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that popnews-1.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 popnews-1.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the popnews-1.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 popnews-1.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\popnews-1.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the popnews-1.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If popnews-1.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If popnews-1.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If popnews-1.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 popnews-1.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
MD5e47a774551e556fba9377ff870dd40ee
SHA2569b216ec012f59cea6e784cd72df322532ff66fcdac278859b150c840d42803b6

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to popnews-1.exe:

popnews-1.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

popnews-1.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 - popnews-1.exe. This program is not responding.

popnews-1.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

popnews-1.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with popnews-1.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with popnews-1.exe:



Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

No comments posted yet.

Leave a reply