What is pspasswd.exe?

pspasswd.exe is part of Sysinternals PsPasswd and developed by Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com according to the pspasswd.exe version information.

pspasswd.exe's description is "Local and remote password changer"

pspasswd.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

pspasswd.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\pstools\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on pspasswd.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSysinternals PsPasswd
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionLocal and remote password changer
Internal namePsPasswd
Original filenamepspasswd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2003-2016 Mark Russinovich
Product version1.24
File version1.24

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

Product nameSysinternals PsPasswd
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionLocal and remote password changer
Internal namePsPasswd
Original filenamepspasswd.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2003-2016 Mark Russino..
Product version1.24
File version1.24

Digital signatures [?]

pspasswd.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number330000010a2c79aed7797ba6ac00010000010a

VirusTotal report

None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pspasswd.exe file.

None of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the pspasswd.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD52af538872742f9d578e5dd54d4440ba5
SHA256b2f17ab6396a5e5cd5be12f658c22cdfa2071d377cb8bd0ee76abbf82a9240a7

Error Messages

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

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

pspasswd.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.

Local and remote password changer has stopped working.

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

pspasswd.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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