What is SurfaceDTX.exe?

SurfaceDTX.exe is part of Surface according to the SurfaceDTX.exe version information.

SurfaceDTX.exe's description is "Surface DTX"

SurfaceDTX.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

SurfaceDTX.exe is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\' folder.

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

Property	Value
Product name	Surface
File description	Surface DTX
Internal name	SurfaceDTX.exe
Original filename	SurfaceDTX.exe
Legal copyright	(C) 2017 Microsoft. All rights reserved.
Product version	2.27.136.0
File version	2.27.136.0

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

Product name	Surface
File description	Surface DTX
Internal name	SurfaceDTX.exe
Original filename	SurfaceDTX.exe
Legal copyright	(C) 2017 Microsoft. All rights reser..
Product version	2.27.136.0
File version	2.27.136.0

Digital signatures [?]

SurfaceDTX.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	Microsoft Corporation
Certificate issuer name	Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011
Certificate serial number	33000000c30e9ba7d8b2dcf72c0000000000c3

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the SurfaceDTX.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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    "dll_loaded": [
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        "SHLWAPI.dll",
        "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
        "gdi32.dll"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
    ],
    "file_failed": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\",
        "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin.config"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin",
        "process_name": "97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin",
        "pid": 2016,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "ADVAPI32.dll",
                "SHLWAPI.dll",
                "C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
                "gdi32.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
            ],
            "file_failed": [
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                "C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363.bin.config"
            ],
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                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
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        "ppid": 2660
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1561326785.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Build\\_work\\4\\s\\SurfaceDTX\\Release_RS1\\x64\\SurfaceDTX.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0782890319824,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
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            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2018,
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
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    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "1e90f7c0940b8e524dcbd0f2b8cf5c51959783c0c4d86be58d1b353332bd0060",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "fccb7d939383ed108b5f96272faac84e0a0e01906e314f401def95eacc508ffe",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	b829f7533c3601ca964fea44c1d9ad2b
SHA256	97b52c5b4fdc46e0acb3ae44a588c925f2dbfdf3964f077ef00742296f162363

Error Messages

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

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

surfacedtx.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.

Surface DTX has stopped working.

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

surfacedtx.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with SurfaceDTX.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with SurfaceDTX.exe. 42% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 12 users.

User vote results: There were 5 votes to remove and 7 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with SurfaceDTX.exe. Only 12 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.

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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.

cristy writes

0 thumbs

What IS Surface DTX and what does it do?

# 2 Aug 2020, 13:05

Roger Karlsson writes

2 thumbs

@cristy: My guess is that SurfaceDTX.exe contains features related to attaching and detaching the screen of the Surface Book.

# 5 Aug 2020, 1:16

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# 20 Apr 2025, 13:28

What is SurfaceDTX.exe?

Vendor and version information [?]

Digital signatures [?]

VirusTotal report

Sandbox Report

Summary

Summary

Generic

Signatures

Yara

Network

Screenshots

Hashes [?]

Error Messages

What will you do with SurfaceDTX.exe?

What did other users do?

Malware or legitimate?

And now some shameless self promotion ;)

Comments

cristy writes

Roger Karlsson writes

canada pharmaceuticals writes

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