What is chrome.exe?

chrome.exe is part of Google Chrome and developed by Google LLC according to the chrome.exe version information.

chrome.exe's description is "Google Chrome"

chrome.exe is digitally signed by Google LLC.

chrome.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on chrome.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Chrome
Company nameGoogle LLC
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2020 Google LLC. All rights reserved.
Product version85.0.4183.102
File version85.0.4183.102

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

Product nameGoogle Chrome
Company nameGoogle LLC
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2020 Google LLC. All right..
Product version85.0.4183.102
File version85.0.4183.102

Digital signatures [?]

chrome.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle LLC
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA
Certificate serial number0c15be4a15bb0903c901b1d6c265302f

VirusTotal report

None of the 68 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the chrome.exe file.

None of the 68 anti-virus programs detected the chrome.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1600617188.578125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "chrome.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".voltbl",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 982,
            "time": 4.15087103843689,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1310,
            "time": 4.661608934402466,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1638,
            "time": 3.0539839267730713,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1966,
            "time": 4.673274993896484,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3058,
            "time": 4.1860480308532715,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "45f3a7b88c0369bf7c9913f778c51286006d7c576ba51ceea23ee4ab1c49f8c1",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "e314f3d44586fbc4afc76e9b3d85d34872326c73400f5c8e4f3cd62c6bba05b4",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Folder name variants

chrome.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named chrome.exe

chrome.exe (44 votes)

TCP/UDP Listening Ports [?]

chrome.exe has been reported to listen on the following TCP/UDP ports.

PortProtocol# Occurrences
5353UDP v41

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56b6be7fc1360b8e70525459bb9aa91e9
SHA25665d62bce12c865e97a300dac59c9a01033cd4a45dda003596b20d9f7f32f3b2e

Error Messages

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

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

chrome.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.

Google Chrome has stopped working.

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

chrome.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

chrome.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?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with chrome.exe. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep100 %
1
Remove0 %
0

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