What is bpowmon.exe?

bpowmon.exe is part of Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service and developed by Broadcom Corp. according to the bpowmon.exe version information.

bpowmon.exe's description is "Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service"

bpowmon.exe is digitally signed by Broadcom Corporation.

bpowmon.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\broadcom\bpowmon\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on bpowmon.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBroadcom Power Source Monitoring Service
Company nameBroadcom Corp.
File descriptionBroadcom Power Source Monitoring Service
Internal nameBPowMon
Original filenameBPowMon.EXE
Legal copyrightBroadcom Corp. Copyright 2002-2009
Product version1, 0, 6, 0
File version1, 0, 6, 0

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

Product nameBroadcom Power Source Monitoring Ser..
Company nameBroadcom Corp.
File descriptionBroadcom Power Source Monitoring Ser..
Internal nameBPowMon
Original filenameBPowMon.EXE
Legal copyrightBroadcom Corp. Copyright 2002-2009
Product version1, 0, 6, 0
File version1, 0, 6, 0

Digital signatures [?]

bpowmon.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameBroadcom Corporation
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number3232677944afae8837c58af50dd11a8a

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the bpowmon.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the bpowmon.exe file.

Folder name variants

bpowmon.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\program files\broadcom\bpowmon\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5104c980400850ea84f86cd31ae2eeece
SHA2565ee5a220dd58df10e317fa0e5b1583db09ade44c99b75636bb6392afbf00e5cf

Error Messages

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

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

bpowmon.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 Power Source Monitoring Service has stopped working.

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

bpowmon.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

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