What is wdf.exe?

wdf.exe is part of W.D.F. and developed by google.com according to the wdf.exe version information.

wdf.exe's description is "W.D.F."

wdf.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\appdata\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameW.D.F.
Company namegoogle.com
File descriptionW.D.F.
Original filenamewdf.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007
Product version7.3.1
File version7.3.1

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

Product nameW.D.F.
Company namegoogle.com
File descriptionW.D.F.
Original filenamewdf.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2007
Product version7.3.1
File version7.3.1

Digital signatures [?]

wdf.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

22 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wdf.exe file. That's a 33% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Trojan.Generic.22511959
AegisLab Troj.Gen!c
Arcabit Trojan.Generic.D1578157
Avast Win64:Malware-gen
AVG Win64:Malware-gen
BitDefender Trojan.Generic.22511959
CrowdStrike malicious_confidence_90% (W)
Emsisoft Trojan.Generic.22511959 (B)
ESET-NOD32 Win64/BitCoinMiner.CS potentially unsafe
F-Secure Trojan.Generic.22511959
Fortinet Adware/BitCoinMiner
GData Trojan.Generic.22511959
K7AntiVirus Unwanted-Program ( 005110e91 )
K7GW Unwanted-Program ( 005110e91 )
Malwarebytes RiskWare.BitCoinMiner
MAX malware (ai score=85)
McAfee Artemis!80984079CC52
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win64.PUP.wc
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.Generic.22511959
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R002H05JD17
Yandex Riskware.Agent!
22 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the wdf.exe file.

wdf.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD580984079cc52c342f8827c5193f24c9c
SHA2561ea41c87517bdb007508ce1551ede10ddb837e86f200e8b284c5a8b24f9befab

Error Messages

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

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

wdf.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.

W.D.F. has stopped working.

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

wdf.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with wdf.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wdf.exe. 83% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 6 users.

User vote results: There were 5 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 wdf.exe. Only 6 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.

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