What is Bootstrap.exe?

Bootstrap.exe is part of Intel Services Manager and developed by Intel Corporation according to the Bootstrap.exe version information.

Bootstrap.exe's description is "Intel Services Manager Launcher"

Bootstrap.exe is digitally signed by Intel® Services Manager.

Bootstrap.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) ME FW Recovery Agent\bin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Bootstrap.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameIntel Services Manager
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel Services Manager Launcher
Internal nameUpdaterLauncher
Original filenameUpdaterLauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Intel Corporation 2010
Product version1.8.4.36936
File version1.8.4.36936

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

Product nameIntel Services Manager
Company nameIntel Corporation
File descriptionIntel Services Manager Launcher
Internal nameUpdaterLauncher
Original filenameUpdaterLauncher.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Intel Corporation 2010
Product version1.8.4.36936
File version1.8.4.36936

Digital signatures [?]

Bootstrap.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIntel® Services Manager
Certificate issuer nameIntel External Basic Issuing CA 3B
Certificate serial number14aae84d000100008365

VirusTotal report

None of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Bootstrap.exe file.

None of the 45 anti-virus programs detected the Bootstrap.exe file.

Other files also named Bootstrap.exe

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5df35a7bb8530611b8f8b3787396e6ab4
SHA256a89e7dbb1da7360d43beb6e7ee718fe569f20bcc1b479a7efa7cd5ad75564b6d

Error Messages

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

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

bootstrap.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.

Intel Services Manager Launcher has stopped working.

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

bootstrap.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Bootstrap.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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