What is Autorun.exe?

Autorun.exe is part of Activision Autorun and developed by Activision according to the Autorun.exe version information.

Autorun.exe's description is "Activision Autorun Application"

Autorun.exe is digitally signed by Activision Publishing.

Autorun.exe is usually located in the 'd:\setup\rsrc\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Autorun.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameActivision Autorun
Company nameActivision
File descriptionActivision Autorun Application
Internal nameautorun
Original filenameautorun.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2007
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

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

Product nameActivision Autorun
Company nameActivision
File descriptionActivision Autorun Application
Internal nameautorun
Original filenameautorun.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2007
Product version1, 0, 0, 1
File version1, 0, 0, 1

Digital signatures [?]

Autorun.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameActivision Publishing
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number17ae9ad5834b7ebc6b1431effefe22c2

VirusTotal report

1 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Autorun.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Emsisoft Worm.Generic.24461 (B)
1 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the Autorun.exe file.

Folder name variants

Autorun.exe may also be located in other folders than d:\setup\rsrc\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named Autorun.exe

Autorun.exe (203 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56ed46f9d15195137a17f7cc97bda8e71
SHA25629195335093b295644ea43a4840ea54079a8e655aec94b06bc69aa445dbbb7f1

Error Messages

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

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

autorun.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.

Activision Autorun Application has stopped working.

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

autorun.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with Autorun.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Autorun.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
3

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

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