What is Origin.exe?

Origin.exe is part of Origin and developed by Electronic Arts according to the Origin.exe version information.

Origin.exe's description is "Origin"

Origin.exe is digitally signed by Electronic Arts, Inc..

Origin.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Origin.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameOrigin
Company nameElectronic Arts
File descriptionOrigin
Internal nameOrigin
Original filenameOrigin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2012
Legal trademark(c) Electronic Arts 2012. All rights reserved.
Product version9,3,11,2762
File version9,3,11,2762

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

Product nameOrigin
Company nameElectronic Arts
File descriptionOrigin
Internal nameOrigin
Original filenameOrigin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2012
Legal trademark(c) Electronic Arts 2012. All right..
Product version9,3,11,2762
File version9,3,11,2762

Digital signatures [?]

Origin.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameElectronic Arts, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number07ff4c1aafdb3ba86cdbcb8b36ad8e2e

Folder name variants

Origin.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58a9000b08e010c44b54d6421fe49a488
SHA256d938e806a9b8a2b6ec623fcdf8c91d538eb748248f023847b83959d484f4b699

Error Messages

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

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

origin.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.

Origin has stopped working.

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

origin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with Origin.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Origin.exe. 27% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 11 users.

User vote results: There were 3 votes to remove and 8 votes to keep

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

Malware or legitimate?

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