What is SPINRITE.EXE?

SPINRITE.EXE is part of SpinRite, commercial software by Steve Gibson and developed by Gibson Research Corp. according to the SPINRITE.EXE version information.

SPINRITE.EXE's description is "SpinRite v6.0 Mass Storage Maintenance"

SPINRITE.EXE is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\dell\My Documents\Downloads\Spinrite v.6.0\spinrite\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected SPINRITE.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SPINRITE.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameSpinRite, commercial software by Steve Gibson
Company nameGibson Research Corp.
File descriptionSpinRite v6.0 Mass Storage Maintenance
Internal nameSpinRite.exe
Original filenameSpinRite.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2004 Gibson Research Corp.
Product version6.0
File version1.00

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

Product nameSpinRite, commercial software by Ste..
Company nameGibson Research Corp.
File descriptionSpinRite v6.0 Mass Storage Maintenance
Internal nameSpinRite.exe
Original filenameSpinRite.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2004 Gibson Research Co..
Product version6.0
File version1.00

Digital signatures [?]

SPINRITE.EXE is not signed.

VirusTotal report

1 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SPINRITE.EXE file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
CAT-QuickHeal (Suspicious) - DNAScan
1 of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the SPINRITE.EXE file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD59671fdedeb7546e4a90b34a51989119b
SHA256acf18fdd30396f9a326644c1802947c565f33eb8dc1a9d5acd8010b7adaf4dcc

Error Messages

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

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

spinrite.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.

SpinRite v6.0 Mass Storage Maintenance has stopped working.

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

spinrite.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with SPINRITE.EXE?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SPINRITE.EXE. 33% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 15 users.

User vote results: There were 5 votes to remove and 10 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SPINRITE.EXE. Only 15 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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