What is wintooll.exe?

wintooll.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\winsapsvc\winsap_update\' folder.

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

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VirusTotal report

30 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wintooll.exe file. That's a 55% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Generic.1695513
AegisLab	Troj.Downloader.W32!c
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.AdLoad.C1761439
Antiy-AVL	Trojan[Downloader]/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit	Application.Generic.D19DF19
AVG	Generic7.CHIO
Avira	ADWARE/ELEX.snhye
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Application.Generic.1695513
Emsisoft	Application.Generic.1695513 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/Adware.ELEX.EE
F-Secure	Application.Generic.1695513
Fortinet	W32/Generic.EE!tr.dldr
GData	Application.Generic.1695513
Ikarus	PUA.Elex
Jiangmin	TrojanDownloader.Generic.avgr
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 00502e6f1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 00502e6f1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Adload.oktj
McAfee	Artemis!7C977DD6B66D
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Generic.1695513
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.ELEX.ektpth
Rising	Downloader.Generic!8.141-hecbvwniOeF (cloud)
Sophos	Generic PUA KK (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
Tencent	Win32.Trojan-downloader.Generic.Akpj
VBA32	suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Z.Elex.99328[h]

wintooll.exe removal instructions

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

   

   

   c:\programdata\winsapsvc\winsap_update\wintooll.exe

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

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

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