What is vncviewer.exe?

vncviewer.exe is part of VNC Viewer Free Edition and developed by RealVNC Ltd. according to the vncviewer.exe version information.

vncviewer.exe's description is "VNC Viewer Free Edition for Win32"

vncviewer.exe is digitally signed by RealVNC Limited.

vncviewer.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Programmi\RealVNC\VNC4\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameVNC Viewer Free Edition
Company nameRealVNC Ltd.
File descriptionVNC Viewer Free Edition for Win32
Internal namefree4/vncviewer/win
Original filenamevncviewer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © RealVNC Ltd. 2002-2008
Legal trademarkRealVNC
Product version4.1.3
File version4.1.3

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

Product nameVNC Viewer Free Edition
Company nameRealVNC Ltd.
File descriptionVNC Viewer Free Edition for Win32
Internal namefree4/vncviewer/win
Original filenamevncviewer.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © RealVNC Ltd. 2002-2008
Legal trademarkRealVNC
Product version4.1.3
File version4.1.3

Digital signatures [?]

vncviewer.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameRealVNC Limited
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA
Certificate serial number7086d555e6df75f92c5035aeb7e1de3f

VirusTotal report

3 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vncviewer.exe file. That's a 5% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan[RemoteAdmin:not-a-virus]/Win32.WinVNC
CMC RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC!O
Kaspersky not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC.mx
3 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the vncviewer.exe file.

vncviewer.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vncviewer.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vncviewer.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vncviewer.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 vncviewer.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vncviewer.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 vncviewer.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Programmi\RealVNC\VNC4\vncviewer.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the vncviewer.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If vncviewer.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If vncviewer.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If vncviewer.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 vncviewer.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
MD5e35fd17a808c9e2ef3d6fb3e15bb0ecf
SHA2564e400e03c53b8ad9a99a5a733bd476590b45a30280231edea813240672ee73cb

Error Messages

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

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

vncviewer.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.

VNC Viewer Free Edition for Win32 has stopped working.

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

vncviewer.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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Comments

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