What is vmdiag.exe?

vmdiag.exe is part of vmdiag according to the vmdiag.exe version information.

vmdiag.exe's description is "Video Memory Diagnostic"

vmdiag.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\VideoMemoryDiagnostic\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product namevmdiag
File descriptionVideo Memory Diagnostic
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2011-2015. All rights reserved.
Product version1,0,68,0
File version1,0,68,0

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

Product namevmdiag
File descriptionVideo Memory Diagnostic
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2011-2015. All rights r..
Product version1,0,68,0
File version1,0,68,0

Digital signatures [?]

vmdiag.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

26 of the 59 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vmdiag.exe file. That's a 44% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG Generic8.KVC
Avira ADWARE/OxyPumper.rlhal
AVware Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Comodo ApplicUnwnt
Cyren W32/Trojan.KPJD-2194
Endgame malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.OxyPumper.BD
Fortinet Riskware/OxyPumper
GData Win32.Application.Agent.QOWTCD
Ikarus PUA.OxyPumper
K7AntiVirus Adware ( 0050c12b1 )
K7GW Adware ( 0050c12b1 )
Kaspersky UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
McAfee Artemis!8DC8E8059E6D
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.th
Paloalto generic.ml
Rising Malware.Generic.5!tfe (cloud:QVnG5qFYesK)
Sophos Generic PUA PJ (PUA)
Symantec Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro TROJ_GEN.R00XC0OE417
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R00XC0OE417
VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot W32.Adware.Gen
Yandex PUA.OxyPumper!
ZoneAlarm UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
26 of the 59 anti-virus programs detected the vmdiag.exe file.

vmdiag.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vmdiag.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vmdiag.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vmdiag.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 vmdiag.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vmdiag.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 vmdiag.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\ProgramData\VideoMemoryDiagnostic\vmdiag.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the vmdiag.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If vmdiag.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If vmdiag.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If vmdiag.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 vmdiag.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
MD58dc8e8059e6da88d301181a69eabe53d
SHA256bd803506fda642a12490f0e5dc7c4bf5f468848ef5faa4d4e005a6db24d7f49c

Error Messages

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

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

vmdiag.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.

Video Memory Diagnostic has stopped working.

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

vmdiag.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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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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