What is VSTDAEMON.EXE?

VSTDAEMON.EXE is part of ImageMaker FAX Driver and developed by ImageMAKER Development Inc. according to the VSTDAEMON.EXE version information.

VSTDAEMON.EXE's description is "Fax monitor daemon process, v1.3"

VSTDAEMON.EXE is digitally signed by ImageMAKER Development Inc..

VSTDAEMON.EXE is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\ImageMAKER\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about VSTDAEMON.EXE.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on VSTDAEMON.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameImageMaker FAX Driver
Company nameImageMAKER Development Inc.
File descriptionFax monitor daemon process, v1.3
Internal namedaemon.exe
Original filenamedaemon.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996 - 2010, ImageMAKER Development
Product version1.3.1.0
File version1.3.2.0

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

Product nameImageMaker FAX Driver
Company nameImageMAKER Development Inc.
File descriptionFax monitor daemon process, v1.3
Internal namedaemon.exe
Original filenamedaemon.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1996 - 2010, ImageMAKER..
Product version1.3.1.0
File version1.3.2.0

Digital signatures [?]

VSTDAEMON.EXE has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameImageMAKER Development Inc.
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number03f8d3e1f52e9cb3a9c81577a259d5c7

VirusTotal report

None of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the VSTDAEMON.EXE file.

None of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the VSTDAEMON.EXE file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5dde14c68ef46f1395800faf2450f2029
SHA2562cfdc5b9985c8d7e1128821c5922810ea846266c8a6bb6dd3df119c0f4921409

Error Messages

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

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

vstdaemon.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.

Fax monitor daemon process, v1.3 has stopped working.

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

vstdaemon.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with VSTDAEMON.EXE. 99% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 84 users.

User vote results: There were 83 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

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