What is wminipro.exe?

wminipro.exe is part of DTools and developed by DTools LIMITED according to the wminipro.exe version information.

wminipro.exe's description is "DTools"

wminipro.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\aWMiniProa\' folder.

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

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on wminipro.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameDTools
Company nameDTools LIMITED
File descriptionDTools
Internal nameSysTool.exe
Original filenameDTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) DTools by 2001
Product version20.0.0.2304
File version20.0.0.2304

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameDTools
Company nameDTools LIMITED
File descriptionDTools
Internal nameSysTool.exe
Original filenameDTools.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) DTools by 2001
Product version20.0.0.2304
File version20.0.0.2304

Digital signatures [?]

wminipro.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

5 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wminipro.exe file. That's a 9% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AVG Elex.LK
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PWSZbot.dm
Rising PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
5 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the wminipro.exe file.

wminipro.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wminipro.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wminipro.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wminipro.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 wminipro.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wminipro.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 wminipro.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\aWMiniProa\wminipro.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wminipro.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wminipro.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wminipro.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If wminipro.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 wminipro.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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Folder name variants

wminipro.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\aWMiniProa\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5937a417f367ff64372bed9e5b621dbb7
SHA256ee8c4bc273f67236b0182332e87677be737936cb2c0236f0f74c618ce61372df

Error Messages

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

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

wminipro.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.

DTools has stopped working.

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

wminipro.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wminipro.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with wminipro.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wminipro.exe. 91% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 11 users.

User vote results: There were 10 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with wminipro.exe. Only 11 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Koen lauwers writes

0 thumbs

Known by ZoneAlarm Antivirus/Anti-spyware as not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WProtManager.ce
WMiniPro.exe was found in C:\ProgramData\8WMiniPro8\

# 10 Nov 2015, 9:25

Roger Karlsson writes

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The anti-virus program have improve the detections:

ALYac Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
AVG Elex.LK 20151105
AVware Adware.Win32.WProtManager 20151105
Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
Agnitum PUA.WProtManager! 20151104
AhnLab-V3 Trojan/Win32.PcClient 20151104
Antiy-AVL GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.WProtManager 20151105
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D2B20A7 20151105
Avast Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk] 20151105
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF 20151104
BitDefender Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Agen.r5 20151105
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted 20151105
Emsisoft Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 (B) 20151105
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
Fortinet Adware/WProtManager 20151105
GData Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
Jiangmin AdWare/WProtManager.at 20151104
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004cf8491 ) 20151105
K7GW Adware ( 004cf8491 ) 20151105
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.WProtManager.cb 20151105
McAfee Artemis!937A417F367F 20151105
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.dm 20151105
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151105
Microsoft BrowserModifier:Win32/SupTab 20151105
Panda Trj/Genetic.gen 20151104
Sophos Generic PUA PP (PUA) 20151105
Symantec PUA.Gen.2 20151104
Tencent Win32.Adware.Wprotmanager.Hsik 20151105
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R047C0OK115 20151105
VIPRE Adware.Win32.WProtManager 20151104
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.2826407 20151104

I've also written a few lines about wminipro.exe in the blog:

http://www.freefixer.com/b/remove-wminipro-exe-from-your-computer/

# 10 Nov 2015, 12:36

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