What is notify.exe?

notify.exe is part of PPT???? and developed by ???????????? according to the notify.exe version information.

notify.exe's description is "PPT Assist Expansion tool"

notify.exe is digitally signed by Zhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd.

notify.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\pptassist\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product namePPT????
Company name????????????
File descriptionPPT Assist Expansion tool
Internal namenotify
Original filenamenotify.exe
Legal copyright???? (C) ????????????
Product version1,0,0,0744
File version1,0,0,0744

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

Product namePPT????
Company name????????????
File descriptionPPT Assist Expansion tool
Internal namenotify
Original filenamenotify.exe
Legal copyright???? (C) ????????????
Product version1,0,0,0744
File version1,0,0,0744

Digital signatures [?]

notify.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameZhuhai Kingsoft Office Software Co.,Ltd
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number404bdad0a11e76838b11556faf5cc25b

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the notify.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the notify.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5fd7e266e5de4b1b8cf2fea3234d066b1
SHA256160f4b61febec05811756b761118a10ebc24ece6c094c0a7a5c282fa0b670e25

Error Messages

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

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

notify.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.

PPT Assist Expansion tool has stopped working.

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

notify.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with notify.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with notify.exe. 96% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 51 users.

User vote results: There were 49 votes to remove and 2 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.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Mohamed writes

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I need really to know how to remove this annoying ppt tool, if you have any solution send me on my email pleaaaaase.
thanks.

# 1 May 2016, 9:36

Roger Karlsson writes

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A few of the anti-virus programs have started to report notify.exe:

* DrWeb Trojan.MulDrop6.33499 20160507
* ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/KingSoft.D potentially unwanted 20160507
* Zillya Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.3548 20160507

# 20 May 2016, 3:52

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