What is slack.exe?

slack.exe is part of Slack and developed by Slack Technologies according to the slack.exe version information.

slack.exe's description is "Slack"

slack.exe is digitally signed by Tiny Speck, Inc..

slack.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\slack\app-1.2.0\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on slack.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSlack
Company nameSlack Technologies
File descriptionSlack
Internal nameelectron.exe
Original filenameelectron.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2015 Slack Technologies
Product version1.2.0-f8a0243
File version0.30.5

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

Product nameSlack
Company nameSlack Technologies
File descriptionSlack
Internal nameelectron.exe
Original filenameelectron.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2015 Slack Technologies
Product version1.2.0-f8a0243
File version0.30.5

Digital signatures [?]

slack.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameTiny Speck, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameStartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA
Certificate serial number0b0d

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5cf856ce27c2b2ad3ad2848aa7af6975e
SHA256658d4aec72c59bf9783b5cb45b5d97f3af0a026fe20b132c516ba77bbc9d4962

Error Messages

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

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

slack.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.

Slack has stopped working.

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

slack.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with slack.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with slack.exe. 86% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 7 users.

User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with slack.exe. Only 7 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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