What is stobject.dll?

stobject.dll is part of Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the stobject.dll version information.

stobject.dll's description is "Systray shell service object"

stobject.dll is digitally signed by Microsoft Windows Component Publisher.

stobject.dll is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about stobject.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on stobject.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionSystray shell service object
Internal namestobject
Original filenamestobject.dll
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version5.1.2600.5512
File version5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)

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

Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionSystray shell service object
Internal namestobject
Original filenamestobject.dll
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version5.1.2600.5512
File version5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)

Digital signatures [?]

stobject.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Windows Component Publisher
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Windows Verification Intermediate PCA
Certificate serial number6102307e000000000006

VirusTotal report

None of the 51 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the stobject.dll file.

None of the 51 anti-virus programs detected the stobject.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD550512fc9b7878e3c2c147bc17326a7db
SHA256670006280ca98213c3a23b442615fd729c83953795619360f9d2988e56a602d7

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with stobject.dll. 17% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 23 users.

User vote results: There were 4 votes to remove and 19 votes to keep

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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.

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Roger Karlsson writes

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This is a legitimate file from Microsoft.

# 24 Mar 2009, 3:00

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