What is winplau.exe?

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

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

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VirusTotal report

21 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winplau.exe file. That's a 30% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765
ALYac	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765
Arcabit	Trojan.Generic.D1D8ED65
AVG	FileRepMetagen [Malware]
BitDefender	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765
Cybereason	malicious.3dfe20
eGambit	Generic.Trojan
Emsisoft	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765 (B)
Endgame	malicious (high confidence)
GData	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765
MAX	malware (ai score=94)
McAfee	Artemis!FA9FD5C3DFE2
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dh
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Bitrep.B
MicroWorld-eScan	Trojan.GenericKD.30993765
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.85f
SentinelOne	static engine - malicious
Symantec	Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R020H05BC19
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.278528.WD

winplau.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\downloads\winplau.exe

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

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

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