What is em.exe?

em.exe is part of Event Monitor according to the em.exe version information.

em.exe's description is "Event Monitor"

em.exe is digitally signed by SYS SECURE PC SOFTWARE LLP.

em.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\event monitor\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameEvent Monitor
File descriptionEvent Monitor
Internal nameEvent Monitor
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016. All rights reserved.
Legal trademarkEvent Monitor
Product version1.18.99.16808
File version1.18.99.16808

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

Product nameEvent Monitor
File descriptionEvent Monitor
Internal nameEvent Monitor
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2016. All rights reser..
Legal trademarkEvent Monitor
Product version1.18.99.16808
File version1.18.99.16808

Digital signatures [?]

em.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSYS SECURE PC SOFTWARE LLP
Certificate issuer nameSymantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number26dc4aa5b755c1cf47ef06729b21ab5e

VirusTotal report

24 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the em.exe file. That's a 43% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AegisLab Pua.Gen!c
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG Generic.7E7
Avira TR/Jawego.sqmcw
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/Trojan.XNQD-4740
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.1460
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Jawego.D potentially unwanted
Fortinet Riskware/EVENTMONITOR
GData Win32.Trojan.Agent.HABKV2
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004febb91 )
K7GW Adware ( 004febb91 )
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.EventMonitor
McAfee Artemis!B5BA83F3D89A
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.144
Rising PUA.Jawego!8.DC9F-YlKkrcYZGHG (cloud)
Sophos Generic PUA OO (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro PUA_EVENTMONITOR.SM
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Adware.Eventmonitor.3292608[h]
Yandex Riskware.Agent!
24 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the em.exe file.

em.exe removal instructions

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

em.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

em.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\event monitor\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named em.exe

em.exe (72 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b5ba83f3d89aa08729e45ef50d24ee8d
SHA256d3cfe79b4416061faa37bc75b1f87a92dc01b6bf1e1146041bb65d38f6442c53

Error Messages

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

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

em.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.

Event Monitor has stopped working.

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

em.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with em.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with em.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with em.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with em.exe. Only 1 user 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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