What is DiskTrace.exe?

DiskTrace.exe is part of DiskTrace and developed by Intel Corporation according to the DiskTrace.exe version information.

DiskTrace.exe's description is "DiskTrace"

DiskTrace.exe is digitally signed by Intel(R) Software Development Products.

DiskTrace.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Intel\SUR\WILLAMETTE\ESRV\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameDiskTrace
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionDiskTrace
Internal nameDiskTrace.exe
Original filenameDiskTrace.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Intel 2013
Product version1.0.3.0
File version1.0.3.0

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

Product nameDiskTrace
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionDiskTrace
Internal nameDiskTrace.exe
Original filenameDiskTrace.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Intel 2013
Product version1.0.3.0
File version1.0.3.0

Digital signatures [?]

DiskTrace.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIntel(R) Software Development Products
Certificate issuer nameIntel External Basic Issuing CA 3B
Certificate serial number330000b65a6f1172f84a8aef7100020000b65a

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the DiskTrace.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the DiskTrace.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD518bf626cf867e5eff84cbc3a295c4989
SHA256e1a37c9c6a0662b5e87bbcd823df8e82f5b8e174b5a5f117e434c5f02410c8a5

Error Messages

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

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

disktrace.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.

DiskTrace has stopped working.

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

disktrace.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with DiskTrace.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with DiskTrace.exe. 70% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 272 users.

User vote results: There were 190 votes to remove and 82 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with DiskTrace.exe.

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.

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.

Maurice writes

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well done FreeFixer - first use great - think I'm finally free of BrowserWarden, SSFX etc. I could never get rid of their awful 'Processes' Suppose I should wait few days before announcing Final Victory
Anyway, thanks, Roger - good on you!

# 31 Aug 2015, 22:26

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Maurice: Thank you very much for the feedback! Happy to hear FreeFixer helped you solve the problem.

# 1 Oct 2015, 22:44

Rushabh Doshi writes

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can i stop processing disktrace.exe

# 10 May 2016, 0:43

... writes

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Disktrace.exe (from Intel) uses up a lot of CPU: -maybe got a virus (or flu!)

# 30 Jun 2019, 19:37

Roger Karlsson writes

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From my understanding DiskTrace.exe comes with Intel's Trace Analyzer. Do you folks have this installed on your machines?

https://software.intel.com/en-us/trace-analyzer

# 28 Aug 2019, 1:16

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