What is chrome.exe?

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

chrome.exe's description is "Google Chrome"

chrome.exe is digitally signed by Google Inc.

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

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected 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 Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version26.0.1410.64
File version26.0.1410.64

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

Product nameGoogle Chrome
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionGoogle Chrome
Internal namechrome_exe
Original filenamechrome.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2012 Google Inc. All right..
Product version26.0.1410.64
File version26.0.1410.64

Digital signatures [?]

chrome.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number09e28b26db593ec4e73286b66499c370

VirusTotal report

1 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the chrome.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.Llac
1 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the chrome.exe file.

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

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54e9592bb2c100e571f82640e59e9ecd5
SHA25679437b8bb68fdf92dba1d3c96fd563338b2324859dfd32f9be995441b005f0ab

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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Comments

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