What is hwinventory.exe?

hwinventory.exe is part of and developed by Database Harbor Software according to the hwinventory.exe version information.

hwinventory.exe's description is " "

hwinventory.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Hardware Inspector\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product name
Company nameDatabase Harbor Software
File description
Internal namehwinventory
Original filenamehwinventory.exe
CommentsDatabase manager for Hardware Inspector
Product version1.0.207
File version1.0.207

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

Product name
Company nameDatabase Harbor Software
File description
Internal namehwinventory
Original filenamehwinventory.exe
CommentsDatabase manager for Hardware Inspec..
Product version1.0.207
File version1.0.207

Digital signatures [?]

hwinventory.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

2 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the hwinventory.exe file. That's a 4% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
CMC Trojan.Win32.Krap.1!O
Jiangmin Trojan/PSW.Dybalom.tf
2 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the hwinventory.exe file.

hwinventory.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove hwinventory.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the hwinventory.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that hwinventory.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate hwinventory.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the hwinventory.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 hwinventory.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Hardware Inspector\hwinventory.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the hwinventory.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If hwinventory.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If hwinventory.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If hwinventory.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that hwinventory.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD54264ee6d30c5b8794e9fadf92b9a8b15
SHA256139bc70b624fcac4381e8440f8d036dc55ec7cab06b0f86a56ff6832d892ffdd

Error Messages

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

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

hwinventory.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.

has stopped working.

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

hwinventory.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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