What is wexe.exe?

wexe.exe is usually located in the 'c:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

wexe.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

wexe.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

26 of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wexe.exe file. That's a 62% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Spyware/Win32.Insain
AntiVir TR/Dropper.Gen
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avast5 Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Dropper.Generic2.AIKO
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Insain.1
Emsisoft Trojan-Spy.Win32.Insain!IK
F-Prot W32/Witkinat.A.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Insain.1
GData Gen:Variant.Insain.1
Ikarus Trojan-Spy.Win32.Insain
McAfee Artemis!3B76DCD7A680
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!3B76DCD7A680
Microsoft Trojan:Win32/Witkinat.A
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Witkinat.R
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.BUYYC
nProtect Gen:Variant.Insain.1
Panda Suspicious file
PCTools Trojan.Gen
Prevx Medium Risk Malware
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.52241FE1
Sophos Troj/Penser-Gen
Sunbelt BehavesLike.Win32.Malware (v)
Symantec Trojan.Gen
TrendMicro TROJ_BROSPA.SME
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_BROSPA.SME
26 of the 42 anti-virus programs detected the wexe.exe file.

wexe.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wexe.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wexe.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wexe.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 wexe.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wexe.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 wexe.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\WINDOWS\system32\wexe.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wexe.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wexe.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wexe.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If wexe.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 wexe.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD53b76dcd7a6805af393d70b1d0cc56669
SHA25653fd43d742bb47de550883839c599ac92ec6685e148c688c466f09c55f2a09e9

Error Messages

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

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

wexe.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.

wexe.exe has stopped working.

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

wexe.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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