What is Brinstck.exe?

Brinstck.exe is part of Brother MFL Pro Suite and developed by Brother Industries, Ltd. according to the Brinstck.exe version information.

Brinstck.exe's description is "Installation Diagnostics for Brother MFL Pro"

Brinstck.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfl08x\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Brinstck.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBrother MFL Pro Suite
Company nameBrother Industries, Ltd.
File descriptionInstallation Diagnostics for Brother MFL Pro
Internal nameBrInstDiag
Original filenameBrInstCk.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright(C) 2004-2009 Brother Industries, Ltd.
Product version2, 2, 33, 2
File version2, 2, 33, 2

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

Product nameBrother MFL Pro Suite
Company nameBrother Industries, Ltd.
File descriptionInstallation Diagnostics for Brother..
Internal nameBrInstDiag
Original filenameBrInstCk.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright(C) 2004-2009 Brother Indus..
Product version2, 2, 33, 2
File version2, 2, 33, 2

Digital signatures [?]

Brinstck.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Brinstck.exe file.

None of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the Brinstck.exe file.

Folder name variants

Brinstck.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfl08x\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD57ecc95ee5194b12d3c83524f92151ccd
SHA256189dbbe732ebc4c23536a14dccc6965918a622a5d77c8578542c96c7406b35cd

Error Messages

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

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

brinstck.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.

Installation Diagnostics for Brother MFL Pro has stopped working.

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

brinstck.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Votes
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2
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