What is autorun.exe?

autorun.exe is part of CDAutoRun and developed by Peter Harrison trading as Timeless according to the autorun.exe version information.

autorun.exe's description is "Autorun for CDs"

autorun.exe is usually located in the 'd:\autorun\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on autorun.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameCDAutoRun
Company namePeter Harrison trading as Timeless
File descriptionAutorun for CDs
Internal nameautorun
Original filenameautorun.exe
CommentsFreeware! The professional edition has more features, e-mail sales@timeless.org.zw for more information.
Legal copyright© 1999 - Peter Harrison
Legal trademarkCDAutoRun
Product version1.00.0002
File version1.00.0002

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

Product nameCDAutoRun
Company namePeter Harrison trading as Timeless
File descriptionAutorun for CDs
Internal nameautorun
Original filenameautorun.exe
CommentsFreeware! The professional edition h..
Legal copyright© 1999 - Peter Harrison
Legal trademarkCDAutoRun
Product version1.00.0002
File version1.00.0002

Digital signatures [?]

autorun.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 46 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the autorun.exe file.

None of the 46 anti-virus programs detected the autorun.exe file.

Other files also named autorun.exe

autorun.exe (203 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5e11fc484b7294405f4b89225ec2af2a2
SHA2562058bafaa776c1a1661713cd321eb7aa1d65579f4c9d79a9f1aee0bde3524f0f

Error Messages

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

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

autorun.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.

Autorun for CDs has stopped working.

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

autorun.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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