What is Brw.exe?

Brw.exe is part of Onex and developed by OpenSC Project according to the Brw.exe version information.

Brw.exe's description is "Onex"

Brw.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\Huy\AppData\Local\Temp\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameOnex
Company nameOpenSC Project
File descriptionOnex
Internal nameOnex
Original filenameOnex.exe
CommentsOnexEx
Legal copyrightOnexs
Product version1.3.5.0
File version0.3.3.0

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

Product nameOnex
Company nameOpenSC Project
File descriptionOnex
Internal nameOnex
Original filenameOnex.exe
CommentsOnexEx
Legal copyrightOnexs
Product version1.3.5.0
File version0.3.3.0

VirusTotal report

35 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Brw.exe file. That's a 81% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Fakeav.202752.Q
AntiVir TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen3
Antiy-AVL Packed/Win32.Katusha.gen
Authentium W32/Renos.A!Generic
Avast Win32:MalOb-BX
Avast5 Win32:MalOb-BX
AVG Downloader.Generic10.PCO
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Kazy.188
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Renos.LX
DrWeb Trojan.Siggen1.64026
Emsisoft Virus.Win32.Dropper!IK
eTrust-Vet Win32/Renos.D!generic
F-Prot W32/Renos.A!Generic
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Kazy.188
Fortinet W32/Katusha.N!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Kazy.188
Ikarus Virus.Win32.Dropper
Jiangmin Packed.Katusha.tqo
K7AntiVirus Virus
Kaspersky Packed.Win32.Katusha.n
McAfee Downloader-CEW.b
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.H
Microsoft TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.LX
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.GMA
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.202752.BA
Panda Generic Trojan
PCTools Trojan.FakeAV
Sophos Mal/FakeAV-CX
Sunbelt VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.hg!b (v)
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-Desca
Symantec Trojan.FakeAV!gen24
TheHacker Trojan/Kryptik.gma
TrendMicro TROJ_FAKEAV.SMA5
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_FAKEAV.SMA5
VBA32 Malware-Cryptor.Win32.Gron.2
35 of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the Brw.exe file.

Brw.exe removal instructions

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








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58b9bbdae2fbae5f5a9cfc37c992e0517
SHA256dd46df3d4a7c7ae5afdf408d86279726fe85a63534cd870edd1ed0ffb313b880

Error Messages

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

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

brw.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.

Onex has stopped working.

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

brw.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with Brw.exe?

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



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with Brw.exe. 25% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 3 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with Brw.exe. Only 4 users 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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