What is winidler.exe?

winidler.exe is part of Microsoft© Windows© Operating System according to the winidler.exe version information.

winidler.exe's description is "Windows Idle Application"

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected winidler.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.

VirusTotal report

34 of the 67 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winidler.exe file. That's a 51% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Miner.C2463995
Antiy-AVL	RiskWare[RiskTool]/Win32.BitMiner
Arcabit	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B
BitDefender	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.CoinMiner.S1914589
ClamAV	Multios.Trojan.CryptocoinMiner-6448864-1
Cybereason	malicious.4bfe8a
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W32/CoinMiner.J.gen!Eldorado
DrWeb	Tool.BtcMine.1464
Emsisoft	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/CoinMiner.DQ potentially unwanted
F-Prot	W32/CoinMiner.J.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B
GData	Win32.Application.CoinMiner.T@gen
Ikarus	PUA.CoinMiner
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0051918e1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0051918e1 )
Kaspersky	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Miner.gen
Malwarebytes	Trojan.BitCoinMiner
MAX	malware (ai score=89)
McAfee	PUP-XEK-OE!49684DD9B3FA
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.Injector.fc
MicroWorld-eScan	Generic.Application.CoinMiner.1.F040A59B
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.BitMiner.ezfddr
Sophos	XMRig Miner (PUA)
Symantec	ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TrendMicro	Coinminer_MALXMR.SM-WIN32
TrendMicro-HouseCall	Coinminer_MALXMR.SM-WIN32
VBA32	Trojan.Miner
Zillya	Trojan.Miner.Win32.3053
ZoneAlarm	HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Miner.gen

winidler.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove winidler.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the winidler.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that winidler.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.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate winidler.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the winidler.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 winidler.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\downloads\winidler.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the winidler.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If winidler.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If winidler.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If winidler.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 winidler.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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