What is autorunsc.exe?

autorunsc.exe is part of Sysinternals autoruns and developed by Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com according to the autorunsc.exe version information.

autorunsc.exe's description is "Autostart program viewer"

autorunsc.exe is digitally signed by Microsoft Corporation.

autorunsc.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\autoruns\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Product nameSysinternals autoruns
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionAutostart program viewer
Internal nameSysinternals Autoruns
Original filenameautoruns.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2002-2013 Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Product version11.70
File version11.70

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

Product nameSysinternals autoruns
Company nameSysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
File descriptionAutostart program viewer
Internal nameSysinternals Autoruns
Original filenameautoruns.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2002-2013 Mark Russino..
Product version11.70
File version11.70

Digital signatures [?]

autorunsc.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameMicrosoft Corporation
Certificate issuer nameMicrosoft Code Signing PCA
Certificate serial number33000000b011af0a8bd03b9fdd0001000000b0

VirusTotal report

1 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the autorunsc.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.HLLP.csxpnw
1 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the autorunsc.exe file.

Other files also named autorunsc.exe

autorunsc.exe (8 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56677b6017e5d470cf99ef60d1802bccc
SHA2564b18f6bbf232545f3ebe0ebb92ab5a3a7aaf6f3d49b754b29712cce013418576

Error Messages

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

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

autorunsc.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.

Autostart program viewer has stopped working.

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

autorunsc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with autorunsc.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with autorunsc.exe. 50% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 2 users.

User vote results: There were 1 vote to remove and 1 vote to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with autorunsc.exe. Only 2 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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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.

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