What is chromium.exe?
chromium.exe is part of Player according to the chromium.exe version information.
chromium.exe's description is "Run Player"
chromium.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected chromium.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on chromium.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Player |
| File description | Run Player |
| Product version | 2, 0, 0, 0 |
| File version | 2, 0, 0, 0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Player |
| File description | Run Player |
| Product version | 2, 0, 0, 0 |
| File version | 2, 0, 0, 0 |
Digital signatures [?]
chromium.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
9 of the 53 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the chromium.exe file. That's a 17% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.Killproc |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
| ESET-NOD32 | JS/ExtenBro.FBook.BO |
| GData | Win32.Trojan.Agent.2TVZZX |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Agent |
| McAfee | Artemis!90CF401E95B9 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!90CF401E95B9 |
| Symantec | Suspicious.Cloud.5 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0727 |
chromium.exe removal instructions
The instructions below shows how to remove chromium.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the chromium.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that chromium.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:
- Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
- Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
- When the scan is finished, locate chromium.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the chromium.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate chromium.exe in the scan result.
c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\chromium.exe 
- Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the chromium.exe file.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If chromium.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If chromium.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
- If chromium.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
- Restart your computer.
- Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that chromium.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 90cf401e95b9a31a3fb4cb94e04759ea |
| SHA256 | 88ef94a2a54644c13f7cde2e6f34628215cfddc2946e9bea9b999a58f30a506c |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to chromium.exe:
chromium.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
chromium.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.
Run Player has stopped working.
End Program - chromium.exe. This program is not responding.
chromium.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
chromium.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with chromium.exe?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with chromium.exe:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with chromium.exe. 93% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 103 users.
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with chromium.exe.
Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
Thank you very much! It worked great! *cries* I thought the thing would be there forever ahhh thank goodness!
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# 22 May 2015, 21:31
jlow writes
i just wanna remove the damn chromium but how !!! y it pop up in my computer all of sudden and became my default browser when im using mozilla firefox!!!!!
# 10 Jul 2015, 13:02
Toms writes
My friend had cromium and me and his brother helped him to uninstall it cause it was the cause of a lot of ads on every website and yester day it appeared and when we tried to uninstall it opened cromium browser and on the page it sayed "if i was you i wouldnt do that"
And then we wiped the hard drive and now hes reinstalling windows 8 and now i think everything is ok
# 6 Mar 2016, 6:43
Jimmy writes
It's pretty to remove it. Go to control panel, uninstall a program, right click on chromium and then choose the option that says uninstall. Just look up a tutorial on how to uninstall a program from your computer with control panel if you need an example.
# 17 May 2016, 8:45
maybemaynot writes