What is slack.exe?

slack.exe is part of Slack and developed by Slack Technologies Inc. according to the slack.exe version information.

slack.exe's description is "Slack"

slack.exe is digitally signed by Slack Technologies, Inc..

slack.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\alann\AppData\Local\slack\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on slack.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSlack
Company nameSlack Technologies Inc.
File descriptionSlack
Internal nameSlack
Original filenameSlack.exe
Legal copyright©2021 Slack Technologies Inc.
Product version4.23.0
File version4.23.0

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

Product nameSlack
Company nameSlack Technologies Inc.
File descriptionSlack
Internal nameSlack
Original filenameSlack.exe
Legal copyright©2021 Slack Technologies Inc.
Product version4.23.0
File version4.23.0

Digital signatures [?]

slack.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSlack Technologies, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1
Certificate serial number0934cafe4298af9ad126f7d8d5ca2d07

VirusTotal report

2 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the slack.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin AdWare.Generic.lomx
VBA32 Trojan.ScarletFlash
2 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the slack.exe file.

slack.exe removal instructions

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

PropertyValue
MD5f73623bc44d120b6ce9328b20920c63c
SHA25616a3c1ef59ddd8d8b83d7672706ab40055c285c933a41471a1e5bae6b75713fa

Error Messages

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

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

slack.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.

Slack has stopped working.

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

slack.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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