What is BrStMonW.exe?

BrStMonW.exe is part of Brother Status Monitor Application and developed by Brother Industries, Ltd. according to the BrStMonW.exe version information.

BrStMonW.exe's description is "Brother Status Monitor Application"

BrStMonW.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Browny02\Brother\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on BrStMonW.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameBrother Status Monitor Application
Company nameBrother Industries, Ltd.
File descriptionBrother Status Monitor Application
Internal nameBrStMonW
Original filenameBrStMonW.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005 - 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd.
Product version1, 0, 0, 8
File version1, 0, 0, 8

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

Product nameBrother Status Monitor Application
Company nameBrother Industries, Ltd.
File descriptionBrother Status Monitor Application
Internal nameBrStMonW
Original filenameBrStMonW.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2005 - 2010 Brother In..
Product version1, 0, 0, 8
File version1, 0, 0, 8

Digital signatures [?]

BrStMonW.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the BrStMonW.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the BrStMonW.exe file.

Folder name variants

BrStMonW.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Browny02\Brother\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5640609646d2e6f805e89238f0add3a1a
SHA2566e919dd8c93b4f1b7aa00404ddf11fdaa7c050c49028480c8e28f2df99e99fed

Error Messages

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

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

brstmonw.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.

Brother Status Monitor Application has stopped working.

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

brstmonw.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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User vote results: There were 19 votes to remove and 16 votes to keep

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