What is SupportAssist.exe?

SupportAssist.exe is part of SupportAssist and developed by Dell Inc. according to the SupportAssist.exe version information.

SupportAssist.exe's description is "SupportAssist"

SupportAssist.exe is digitally signed by Dell Inc.

SupportAssist.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\SupportAssistAgent\bin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SupportAssist.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSupportAssist
Company nameDell Inc.
File descriptionSupportAssist
Internal nameSupportAssist.exe
Original filenameSupportAssist.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Dell Inc. 2015
Product version1.0.2.57295
File version1.0.2.57295

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

Product nameSupportAssist
Company nameDell Inc.
File descriptionSupportAssist
Internal nameSupportAssist.exe
Original filenameSupportAssist.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Dell Inc. 2015
Product version1.0.2.57295
File version1.0.2.57295

Digital signatures [?]

SupportAssist.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameDell Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number1a487b5f3b57e6e27197a80cacd658ad

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SupportAssist.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the SupportAssist.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5647ce036b666be9196e167c7186530d1
SHA256faeb5e1ec0f5f84b49a00ed7014a46d00c91c862387e17214bec6e20c34a7574

Error Messages

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

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

supportassist.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.

SupportAssist has stopped working.

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

supportassist.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 78% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 59 users.

User vote results: There were 46 votes to remove and 13 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.

cathey reed writes

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was disconnected from Dell ageny.NEED him back pls....need to also reinstall support assist.rxe thank

# 6 May 2018, 12:02

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