What is Bios.exe?

Bios.exe is part of HP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Utilities and developed by Hewlett-Packard Company according to the Bios.exe version information.

Bios.exe's description is "HP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Utilities v.3.00 "

Bios.exe is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

Bios.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\desktop\new down loads\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Bios.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 Bios.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameHP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Utilities
Company nameHewlett-Packard Company
File descriptionHP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Utilities v.3.00
Internal namestub32
Original filenamestub32i.exe
Comments
Legal copyright
Product version
File version

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

Product nameHP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Uti..
Company nameHewlett-Packard Company ..
File descriptionHP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Uti..
Internal namestub32 ..
Original filenamestub32i.exe ..
Comments ..
Legal copyright ..
Product version ..
File version ..

Digital signatures [?]

Bios.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameHewlett-Packard Company
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number3f328b

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Bios.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the Bios.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57bda9399927598216d63c37cfc2c4640
SHA256e64e32d72977eddfb00b9af06f0fd2faecddfbd626f692902cd1939965d931a7

Error Messages

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

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

bios.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.

HP Compaq Business Desktops BIOS Utilities v.3.00 has stopped working.

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

bios.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with Bios.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Bios.exe. 67% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

User vote results: There were 2 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 Bios.exe. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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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