What is PowerMonitor.exe?

PowerMonitor.exe is digitally signed by "SOFT SERVICE" LLC.

PowerMonitor.exe is usually located in the 'c:\downloads\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product version1.0.0.461
File version1.0.0.461

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

Product version1.0.0.461
File version1.0.0.461

Digital signatures [?]

PowerMonitor.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer name"SOFT SERVICE" LLC
Certificate issuer nameCOMODO RSA Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number00e2ff36eeda771b1f6e4174c48993f0b8

VirusTotal report

38 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the PowerMonitor.exe file. That's a 68% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
AegisLab Troj.W32.Generic!c
AhnLab-V3 PUP/Win32.Generic
ALYac Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
Arcabit Trojan.Razy.DDD88
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
AVG BundleApp.ALTS
Avira PUA/Kometa.566
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9999
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
Cyren W32/Trojan.UJQS-0950
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader21.45071
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.Razy.56712 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/RuKometa.X potentially unwanted
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
Fortinet Malware_Generic.P0
GData Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
Ikarus PUA.RuKometa
Jiangmin Trojan.Generic.zarn
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 004ef8d01 )
K7GW Adware ( 004ef8d01 )
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
McAfee Artemis!E7B3E2FAAC12
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Razy.56712
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.DownLoader21.ecokpe
Panda Trj/CI.A
Rising Malware.Generic!4a81PtpsHlI@5 (Thunder)
Sophos Generic PUA LF (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen
Tencent Win32.Adware.Malware.Pyti
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R0EBC0OER16
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Z.Rukometa.370936.A[h]
Yandex Trojan.Agent!5r5sQD/fUr0
Zillya Trojan.GenericCRTD.Win32.1104
38 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the PowerMonitor.exe file.

PowerMonitor.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove PowerMonitor.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the PowerMonitor.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that PowerMonitor.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 PowerMonitor.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the PowerMonitor.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 PowerMonitor.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\downloads\PowerMonitor.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the PowerMonitor.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If PowerMonitor.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If PowerMonitor.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If PowerMonitor.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 PowerMonitor.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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Filename variants

PowerMonitor.exe may also use other filenames. The most common variants are listed below:

Folder name variants

PowerMonitor.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\downloads\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named PowerMonitor.exe

PowerMonitor.exe (3 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e7b3e2faac122314257391e3dcf1d3c4
SHA25642c2d2b1cacaef32b9c98f569ceb498d76f6a1337049d03ad2c9499aa82aeb55

Error Messages

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

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

powermonitor.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.

powermonitor.exe has stopped working.

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

powermonitor.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with the file?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with the file:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 1 user 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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