What is winff.exe?

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

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on winff.exe:

PropertyValue
Product version1.6.0.0
File version1.6.0.0

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

Product version1.6.0.0
File version1.6.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

winff.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

48 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winff.exe file. That's a 70% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.URLHelper.R56747
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Kraddare
Arcabit Trojan.Adware.Strictor.DA061
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira TR/ATRAPS.Gen
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.IGENERICPMF.S3113435
Comodo ApplicUnwnt@#26wf71vuih65j
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_60% (W)
Cybereason malicious.bf48bf
Cylance Unsafe
Cyren W32/GenPua.D84D5CEB!Olympus
DrWeb Trojan.SMSSend.4385
eGambit Generic.Adware
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057 (B)
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.Kraddare.GC
F-Secure Trojan.TR/ATRAPS.Gen
Fortinet Riskware/Kraddare
GData Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057
Ikarus Rootkit.Win32.Agent
Jiangmin AdWare/Kraddare.i
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 7000000f1 )
K7GW Trojan ( 7000000f1 )
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Kraddare.dk
Kingsoft Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Adware.Kraddare
McAfee Artemis!D84D5CEBF48B
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.DlHelper.bc
Microsoft PUA:Win32/Bitrepeyp.A
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057
NANO-Antivirus Riskware.Win32.Kraddare.fmrgbr
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.d43
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.1594CF41 (C64:YzY0OvpxW2DJXmG0)
SentinelOne static engine - malicious
Sophos Generic PUA PE (PUA)
SUPERAntiSpyware Adware.Strictor/Variant
Symantec ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
Tencent Win32.Adware.Kraddare.Wqwr
Trapmine malicious.high.ml.score
VBA32 AdWare.Kraddare
Webroot W32.Malware.Heur
Yandex Adware.Kraddare!5AyhO7V1428
Zillya Adware.Kraddare.Win32.1808
ZoneAlarm not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Kraddare.dk
48 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the winff.exe file.

winff.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove winff.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the winff.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that winff.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 winff.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the winff.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 winff.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\winff.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the winff.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If winff.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If winff.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If winff.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 winff.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
MD5d84d5cebf48bf769256453efaf03fc21
SHA256d65c71d168b1c60b9a0e82a5f0c30cd29c4213a90c6ff4bb61e266fb6cd64901

Error Messages

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

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

winff.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.

winff.exe has stopped working.

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

winff.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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