What is winrun.exe?

winrun.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\' folder.

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

26 of the 41 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the winrun.exe file. That's a 63% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
a-squared	Trojan.Win32.Autoit!IK
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Autoit
AntiVir	DR/Autoit.aed
AVG	Worm/Autoit.AESC
BitDefender	Trojan.Generic.3629216
ClamAV	Trojan.Autoit-78
DrWeb	Win32.HLLW.Autohit.12098
eTrust-Vet	Win32/Smalldoor.FM
F-Secure	Trojan:W32/AutoIt.AF
GData	Trojan.Generic.3629216
Ikarus	Trojan.Win32.Autoit
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Autoit.aed
McAfee	Generic.dx!rhm
McAfee-GW-Edition	Generic.dx!rhm
NOD32	Win32/Autoit.NFW
Norman	Autoit.BAB
nProtect	Trojan.Generic.3629216
Panda	Suspicious file
PCTools	Trojan.Autoit
Prevx	High Risk Cloaked Malware
Sophos	Mal/Generic-L
Sunbelt	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Symantec	W32.Harakit
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.UAE091V
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.UAE091V
VBA32	Trojan.Win32.Autoit.aed

winrun.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   C:\WINDOWS\winrun.exe

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

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

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