What is bsutil.exe?

bsutil.exe is part of bsutilcs and developed by Intel according to the bsutil.exe version information.

bsutil.exe's description is "bsutilcs"

bsutil.exe is digitally signed by Intel Corporation-Mobile Wireless Group.

bsutil.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\666AD760991D30C689E535303E45797BF1877768\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on bsutil.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namebsutilcs
Company nameIntel
File descriptionbsutilcs
Internal namebsutil.exe
Original filenamebsutil.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Intel 2012
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

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

Product namebsutilcs
Company nameIntel
File descriptionbsutilcs
Internal namebsutil.exe
Original filenamebsutil.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright © Intel 2012
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

bsutil.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameIntel Corporation-Mobile Wireless Group
Certificate issuer nameIntel External Basic Issuing CA 3B
Certificate serial number14fe8b8b000100008405

VirusTotal report

None of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the bsutil.exe file.

None of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the bsutil.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f48954cf3b56ed396e9c943c46a1e154
SHA25678b06a2849d620ea86d3353ef003722b8117d400f7c19cb7723204cb2752a45a

Error Messages

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

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

bsutil.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.

bsutilcs has stopped working.

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

bsutil.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with bsutil.exe. 22% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 27 users.

User vote results: There were 6 votes to remove and 21 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.

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Tim Kelley writes

1 thumb

I'm pretty sure that this is a component of Intel ProSet Wireless, a WiFi connection utility. I only get the error message "bsutilcs has stopped working" while either installing or uninstalling Intel ProSet Wireless.

# 8 May 2018, 22:48

Roger Karlsson writes

0 thumbs

Thank you Tim!

# 8 Jun 2018, 6:34

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