What is winmui.exe?

winmui.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\windows mui service\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

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

Digital signatures [?]

winmui.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

24 of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winmui.exe file. That's a 35% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Malware/Win64.Generic.C2678339
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Fuerboos
Avira TR/Agent.ubaid
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win64/ClipBanker.E
Fortinet W32/Agent.E!tr
GData Win64.Trojan.Agent.6AERJ0
Ikarus Trojan.Agent
Invincea heuristic
K7GW Trojan ( 0053b36d1 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Agent.qwherf
McAfee RDN/Generic.dx
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win64.Dropper.ch
Microsoft Trojan:Win64/ClipBanker
Panda Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.9de
Rising Trojan.Agent!8.B1E (CLOUD)
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent Win32.Trojan.Agent.Aisc
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R002C0OHQ18
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002C0OHQ18
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
ZoneAlarm Trojan.Win32.Agent.qwherf
24 of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the winmui.exe file.

winmui.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove winmui.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the winmui.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that winmui.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 winmui.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the winmui.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 winmui.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\windows mui service\winmui.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the winmui.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If winmui.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If winmui.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If winmui.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 winmui.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
MD57e260023641ffb079e11a7dbfd2720fb
SHA2565346914763bc03f1501529a09fc278ea45cafa1212c6daff67a0db12fecea960

Error Messages

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

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

winmui.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.

winmui.exe has stopped working.

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

winmui.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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