What is SmartShareStart.exe?

SmartShareStart.exe is part of SmartShare and developed by LG Electronics Inc. according to the SmartShareStart.exe version information.

SmartShareStart.exe's description is "SmartShareStart"

SmartShareStart.exe is digitally signed by LG Electronics Inc..

SmartShareStart.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Software\LG Smart Share\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SmartShareStart.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSmartShare
Company nameLG Electronics Inc.
File descriptionSmartShareStart
Internal nameSmartShareStart.exe
Original filenameSmartShareStart.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2011 LG Electronics Inc.
Product version2014.03.12.01
File version2014.03.12.01

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

Product nameSmartShare
Company nameLG Electronics Inc.
File descriptionSmartShareStart
Internal nameSmartShareStart.exe
Original filenameSmartShareStart.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2011 LG Electronics Inc.
Product version2014.03.12.01
File version2014.03.12.01

Digital signatures [?]

SmartShareStart.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameLG Electronics Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number40e1ffc406a7f24f7b409a7338033b3d

VirusTotal report

1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SmartShareStart.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the SmartShareStart.exe file.

Folder name variants

SmartShareStart.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\LG Software\LG Smart Share\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named SmartShareStart.exe

SmartShareStart.exe (2 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD510a0e21350d4483e5460785582475a80
SHA256689ff07dbae7941b8df628ef2d7c7b3eb581764fa7a22dfee9eda9dba2305b09

Error Messages

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

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

smartsharestart.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.

SmartShareStart has stopped working.

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

smartsharestart.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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