What is Smon.exe?

Smon.exe is part of Printer Status Monitor according to the Smon.exe version information.

Smon.exe's description is "smon MFC Application"

Smon.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\SHARP\Printer Status Monitor\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on Smon.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePrinter Status Monitor
File descriptionsmon MFC Application
Internal namesmon
Original filenamesmon.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999-2014 SHARP CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
Product version4, 2, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 0, 234

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

Product namePrinter Status Monitor
File descriptionsmon MFC Application
Internal namesmon
Original filenamesmon.EXE
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 1999-2014 SHARP CORPOR..
Product version4, 2, 0, 0
File version5, 0, 0, 234

Digital signatures [?]

Smon.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Smon.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the Smon.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a9f12b86374357e4f886e1f7271d97fc
SHA25685d1a440167905472acc559703b6f0d711510ad40eddad911ed2621502b2389c

Error Messages

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

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

smon.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.

smon MFC Application has stopped working.

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

smon.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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