What is curl.exe?

curl.exe is part of The curl executable and developed by curl, https://curl.haxx.se/ according to the curl.exe version information.

curl.exe's description is "The curl executable"

curl.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\roaming\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected curl.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on curl.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameThe curl executable
Company namecurl, https://curl.haxx.se/
File descriptionThe curl executable
Internal namecurl
Original filenamecurl.exe
Legal copyright© 1996 - 2018 Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>.
Product version7.60.0
File version7.60.0

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

Product nameThe curl executable
Company namecurl, https://curl.haxx.se/
File descriptionThe curl executable
Internal namecurl
Original filenamecurl.exe
Legal copyright© 1996 - 2018 Daniel Stenberg, <dan..
Product version7.60.0
File version7.60.0

Digital signatures [?]

curl.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

1 of the 70 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the curl.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Trapmine malicious.moderate.ml.score
1 of the 70 anti-virus programs detected the curl.exe file.

Other files also named curl.exe

curl.exe (6 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD531dd7a70edcf0469305c54252c7c4e7b
SHA2567c12064e6b7495059c10a6337d9b869191c257e18ff7e1b997a0863d522f9d12

Error Messages

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

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

curl.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.

The curl executable has stopped working.

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

curl.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

curl.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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