What is windowstab.exe?

windowstab.exe is part of WindowsTab and developed by WindowsTab according to the windowstab.exe version information.

windowstab.exe's description is "WindowsTab"

windowstab.exe is digitally signed by DOTPITCH.INC.

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

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

PropertyValue
Product nameWindowsTab
Company nameWindowsTab
File descriptionWindowsTab
Internal namewindowstab
Original filenamewindowstab.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ? 2013
Product version1, 0, 0, 2
File version1, 0, 0, 2

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

Product nameWindowsTab
Company nameWindowsTab
File descriptionWindowsTab
Internal namewindowstab
Original filenamewindowstab.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright ? 2013
Product version1, 0, 0, 2
File version1, 0, 0, 2

Digital signatures [?]

windowstab.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDOTPITCH.INC
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number0aa240f3d167b5b6af5a20903b60b16f

VirusTotal report

42 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the windowstab.exe file. That's a 62% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.WindowTab.R103127
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.SGeneric
Avast FileRepMalware
AVG FileRepMalware
Avira TR/Agent.1488.lk
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9734
Bkav W32.HfsAdware.7123
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Kraddare.A.mue
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/Trojan.CQMC-0732
DrWeb Trojan.Adkor.141
Emsisoft Application.Generic (A)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/AdWare.Kraddare.IL
Fortinet Riskware/Kraddare
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.5YLLDF
Ikarus Trojan-Downloader
Invincea heuristic
Jiangmin TrojanDropper.Sysn.pz
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 0040f5591 )
K7GW Adware ( 0040f5591 )
Malwarebytes Adware.Kraddare
MAX malware (ai score=100)
McAfee Artemis!BB59CFB96C5E
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Kraddare.cwowjq
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Adware.37e
Sophos Generic PUA BE (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Generic
Symantec Infostealer
TheHacker Posible_Worm32
TrendMicro ADW_KORAD
TrendMicro-HouseCall ADW_KORAD
VBA32 suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Agent.118472
Webroot Pua.Kraddare.!il
Yandex PUA.Kraddare!
Zillya Adware.AgentCRTD.Win32.4329
42 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the windowstab.exe file.

windowstab.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove windowstab.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the windowstab.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that windowstab.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 windowstab.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the windowstab.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 windowstab.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\windowstab.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the windowstab.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If windowstab.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If windowstab.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If windowstab.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 windowstab.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
MD5bb59cfb96c5e30103b31c997b9c8c47e
SHA256af7e5f0efa49d89c1ec276faa012b828b93e66471aca8290ce6ef713c884156e

Error Messages

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

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

windowstab.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.

WindowsTab has stopped working.

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

windowstab.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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