What is RegKey.exe?

RegKey.exe is part of Broadcom according to the RegKey.exe version information.

RegKey.exe's description is "Broadcom Bluetooth Manager"

RegKey.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameBroadcom
File descriptionBroadcom Bluetooth Manager
Internal nameNTPe.exe
Original filenameNTPe.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016
Product version5.11.4326.43
File version5.11.4326.43

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

Product nameBroadcom
File descriptionBroadcom Bluetooth Manager
Internal nameNTPe.exe
Original filenameNTPe.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2016
Product version5.11.4326.43
File version5.11.4326.43

Digital signatures [?]

RegKey.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

28 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the RegKey.exe file. That's a 49% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
ALYac Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
Arcabit Trojan.MSILPerseus.D63A0
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG MSIL9.CFHO
Avira TR/Injector.sady
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9953
BitDefender Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader19.43516
Emsisoft Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504 (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Injector.OMN
F-Secure Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
Fortinet MSIL/Injector.OMN!tr
GData Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
Jiangmin Trojan.MSIL.aqad
K7AntiVirus Trojan ( 004e05d91 )
K7GW Trojan ( 004e05d91 )
Kaspersky Trojan.Win32.Scar.nwzc
Malwarebytes Trojan.SelfDelete
McAfee Artemis!E66B5824DB40
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!Trojan
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.MSILPerseus.25504
Panda Trj/GdSda.A
Qihoo-360 HEUR/QVM03.0.0000.Malware.Gen
Rising PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F]
VBA32 Trojan.SelfDel
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
28 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the RegKey.exe file.

RegKey.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove RegKey.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the RegKey.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that RegKey.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 RegKey.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the RegKey.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 RegKey.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\RegKey.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the RegKey.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If RegKey.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If RegKey.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If RegKey.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 RegKey.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e66b5824db40ef606c33054301461697
SHA256770aa12d56780d8acb5f365b9478c03c1d3562f9df4270c14b2f9d5efd6a1e5f

Error Messages

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

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

regkey.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.

Broadcom Bluetooth Manager has stopped working.

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

regkey.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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