What is wabmig.exe?

wabmig.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System according to the wabmig.exe version information.

wabmig.exe's description is "Microsoft (R) Contacts Import Tool"

wabmig.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\spintires\windows mail\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
File descriptionMicrosoft (R) Contacts Import Tool
Internal nameWABMIG.EXE
Original filenameWABMIG.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version6.1.7600.16385
File version6.1.7600.16385

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
File descriptionMicrosoft (R) Contacts Import Tool
Internal nameWABMIG.EXE
Original filenameWABMIG.EXE
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version6.1.7600.16385
File version6.1.7600.16385

Digital signatures [?]

wabmig.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

35 of the 62 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wabmig.exe file. That's a 56% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.20901819
AegisLab W32.Troj.Agent!c
ALYac Trojan.Generic.20901819
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D13EEFBB
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/BitCoinMiner.egvkd
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.20901819
Bkav W32.Cloda71.Trojan.4946
ClamAV Win.Trojan.Agent-6298336-0
Comodo Application.Win32.BitCoinMiner.~BY
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_89% (D)
Cyren W32/Trojan.GTJM-2656
Emsisoft Trojan.Generic.20901819 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/BitCoinMiner.BY potentially unsafe
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.20901819
Fortinet Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData Trojan.Generic.20901819
Ikarus Trojan.BitCoinMiner
Invincea trojan.win32.coinminer.ax
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 004b93e21 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 004b93e21 )
McAfee RDN/Generic PUP.x
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.dc
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.20901819
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Rising Malware.Undefined!8.C (cloud:A3VdGy4izfP)
Sophos Generic PUA HI (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ED717
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ED717
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Trojan.Gen
Yandex Riskware.Agent!
35 of the 62 anti-virus programs detected the wabmig.exe file.

wabmig.exe removal instructions

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

wabmig.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\spintires\windows mail\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56fafa7259ab7f37fd894c2833f86c92a
SHA256c60e75588eee9aae27cf2fd2fae667a8b15f0e31d8a4db8854554e3fb9a47203

Error Messages

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

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

wabmig.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.

Microsoft (R) Contacts Import Tool has stopped working.

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

wabmig.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wabmig.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wabmig.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 14 users.

Votes
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Remove100 %
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NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with wabmig.exe. Only 14 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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.

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