What is diskchk.exe?

diskchk.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\low\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected diskchk.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 [?]

diskchk.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

diskchk.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

10 of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the diskchk.exe file. That's a 18% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Avast Win32:Malware-gen
Avira TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen2
Bkav HW32.Packed.7CFC
ESET-NOD32 Win32/Kovter.A
Kaspersky Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Hyteod.rtm
McAfee RDN/Suspicious.bfr!bh
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.dc
Norman Kryptik.CDYA
Panda Generic Suspicious
Sophos Mal/Generic-S
10 of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the diskchk.exe file.

diskchk.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove diskchk.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the diskchk.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that diskchk.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate diskchk.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the diskchk.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate diskchk.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\low\diskchk.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the diskchk.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If diskchk.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If diskchk.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If diskchk.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that diskchk.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ee4412f82e4f660299d54f7d8953070d
SHA256cf74c65a5d94263c2fcc63b659d12ef4e2596faff1dbffee5f46c58bf7fe6c1f

Error Messages

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

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

diskchk.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.

diskchk.exe has stopped working.

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

diskchk.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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