What is windriver.exe?

windriver.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\system32\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

windriver.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

windriver.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

16 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the windriver.exe file. That's a 24% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[RiskTool]/Win64.BitCoinMiner
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
CAT-QuickHeal RiskTool.Win64
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W64/Trojan.QINV-7770
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/BitCoinMiner.EH potentially unsafe
Fortinet Riskware/BitCoinMiner
GData Win64.Application.Agent.EYGAXO
Jiangmin RiskTool.BitCoinMiner.fhi
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 005167f31 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win64.BitCoinMiner.dke
McAfee Artemis!93ED576FCCF6
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R03BH0CJD17
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win64.BitCoinMiner.dke
16 of the 67 anti-virus programs detected the windriver.exe file.

windriver.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove windriver.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the windriver.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that windriver.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 windriver.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the windriver.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 windriver.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\windows\system32\windriver.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the windriver.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If windriver.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If windriver.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If windriver.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 windriver.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
MD593ed576fccf6ebaee96f707560873bf4
SHA256217b312db5bb8c08730980024208fa4fe6e8500ca1b3d1fbd95de827e9ba5c63

Error Messages

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

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

windriver.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.

windriver.exe has stopped working.

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

windriver.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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