What is avinstall.exe?

avinstall.exe is part of PC Tools Installer according to the avinstall.exe version information.

avinstall.exe's description is "PC Tools Installer"

avinstall.exe is digitally signed by PC Tools.

avinstall.exe is usually located in the 'e:\piceditor\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on avinstall.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePC Tools Installer
File descriptionPC Tools Installer
Internal namePC Tools Installer
Original filenamePC Tools Downloader.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2010
Product version1, 0, 0, 58
File version1, 0, 0, 58

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

Product namePC Tools Installer
File descriptionPC Tools Installer
Internal namePC Tools Installer
Original filenamePC Tools Downloader.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2010
Product version1, 0, 0, 58
File version1, 0, 0, 58

Digital signatures [?]

avinstall.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer namePC Tools
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number42abdc237d1ba31664ba4e7b05f23652

VirusTotal report

2 of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the avinstall.exe file. That's a 4% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Comodo Heur.Suspicious
DrWeb BackDoor.Slym.2041
2 of the 48 anti-virus programs detected the avinstall.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5585f16645b3e0e671df4477f717ab935
SHA256e604f9da16ccfcb384a5936bc50f86b87604a1e47a91a611cd4232a2381b8951

Error Messages

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

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

avinstall.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.

PC Tools Installer has stopped working.

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

avinstall.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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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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