What is winrmsrv.exe?

winrmsrv.exe is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the winrmsrv.exe version information.

winrmsrv.exe's description is "winrmsrv"

winrmsrv.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

42 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winrmsrv.exe file. That's a 58% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Acronis	suspicious
AegisLab	Riskware.Win32.Generic.1!c
AhnLab-V3	Malware/Win64.Generic.C3600448
Alibaba	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.a7160d80
APEX	Malicious
Avast	Win64:Trojan-gen
AVG	Win64:Trojan-gen
Avira	TR/CoinMiner.sijpa
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Cybereason	malicious.2f8833
Cylance	Unsafe
Cyren	W64/Trojan.LFYO-3008
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win64/CoinMiner.FQ
F-Secure	Trojan.TR/CoinMiner.sijpa
FireEye	Generic.mg.462ee20e8abbbb55
Fortinet	Riskware/Generic
GData	Win64.Trojan.Agent.CG9HG6
Ikarus	Trojan.Win64.CoinMiner
Invincea	heuristic
Jiangmin	RiskTool.Generic.pfw
K7AntiVirus	Trojan ( 0051b4fe1 )
K7GW	Trojan ( 0051b4fe1 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.Generic
Malwarebytes	Trojan.BitCoinMiner
MaxSecure	Trojan.Malware.12135575.susgen
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.z
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win64.Fake.bc
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/CoinMiner.C!cl
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.12c
Sangfor	Malware
Sophos	Mal/Generic-S
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.MBT
Trapmine	suspicious.low.ml.score
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PL119
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R002C0PL119
VBA32	Trojan.CoinMiner
Yandex	Trojan.CoinMiner!1/imvNIVETc
Zillya	Trojan.CoinMiner.Win64.1846
ZoneAlarm	not-a-virus:HEUR:RiskTool.Win32.Generic

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_deleted": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\*"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\"
    ],
    "file_recreated": [
        "\\Device\\KsecDD"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "kernel32",
        "IPHLPAPI.DLL",
        "CRYPT32.dll",
        "SHELL32.dll",
        "KERNEL32.DLL",
        "cryptbase.dll",
        "ADVAPI32.dll",
        "advapi32",
        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "WS2_32.dll",
        "USER32.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\5b85ceb558baaded794e4db8b8279e2ac42405896b143a63f8a334e6c6bba3fb.bin",
        "process_name": "5b85ceb558baaded794e4db8b8279e2ac42405896b143a63f8a334e6c6bba3fb.bin",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "file_deleted": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\*"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\"
            ],
            "file_recreated": [
                "\\Device\\KsecDD"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "IPHLPAPI.DLL",
                "CRYPT32.dll",
                "SHELL32.dll",
                "KERNEL32.DLL",
                "cryptbase.dll",
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "advapi32",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "WS2_32.dll",
                "USER32.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1576306386.5625,
        "ppid": 2892
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1576306386.328125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The binary likely contains encrypted or compressed data indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "entropy": 7.931443375546325,
                "section": {
                    "size_of_data": "0x000b1c00",
                    "virtual_address": "0x00113000",
                    "entropy": 7.931443375546325,
                    "name": "UPX1",
                    "virtual_size": "0x000b2000"
                },
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "A section with a high entropy has been found"
            },
            {
                "entropy": 0.9971949509116409,
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Overall entropy of this PE file is high"
            }
        ],
        "references": [
            "http:\/\/www.forensickb.com\/2013\/03\/file-entropy-explained.html",
            "http:\/\/virii.es\/U\/Using%20Entropy%20Analysis%20to%20Find%20Encrypted%20and%20Packed%20Malware.pdf"
        ],
        "name": "packer_entropy"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable is compressed using UPX",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "section": "UPX0",
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Section name indicates UPX"
            },
            {
                "section": "UPX1",
                "type": "generic",
                "description": "Section name indicates UPX"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "packer_upx"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 662,
            "time": 6.195080995559692,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2350,
            "time": 6.151386022567749,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2678,
            "time": 4.146465063095093,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3006,
            "time": 6.162312030792236,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3334,
            "time": 4.652514934539795,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3662,
            "time": 3.031895875930786,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3990,
            "time": 4.663559913635254,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8466,
            "time": 4.167414903640747,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12658,
            "time": 6.2569739818573,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "f3198f129ce88ebe7ceeffb7d95ca68004f80009db64cfb6700cacc97cd73364",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "59578eb1c11eec6a5e73cb0933a357366ed04a3bffcca750d34ead9b79c0f2cf",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

winrmsrv.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\Windows\system32\winrmsrv.exe

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

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

Error Messages

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with winrmsrv.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 19 users.

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with winrmsrv.exe. Only 19 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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