What is dmwu.exe?

dmwu.exe is digitally signed by Perion Network Ltd..

dmwu.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\system32\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
File version2, 0, 0, 2LegalCopyright

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

File version2, 0, 0, 2LegalCopyright

Digital signatures [?]

dmwu.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer namePerion Network Ltd.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number45f87694fe8d1984719796aec8031df4

VirusTotal report

1 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the dmwu.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Perion.G
1 of the 47 anti-virus programs detected the dmwu.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD552c18a4b4ac4778b6980cf8284893fb8
SHA256f17ff9d0cc4e8de5b019948b21b503e2f26a3edd031f4c7517feeae601c739a8

Error Messages

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

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

dmwu.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.

dmwu.exe has stopped working.

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

dmwu.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with dmwu.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with dmwu.exe. 82% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 399 users.

User vote results: There were 329 votes to remove and 70 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with dmwu.exe.

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.

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.

Roger Karlsson writes

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dmwu.exe is digitally signed by Perion, so the file might be part of Incredibar or Incredimail:

http://en.wiki.freefixer.com/wiki/Incredibar
http://www.incredimail.com/

Anyone else have some more info on dmwu.exe?

# 8 Oct 2012, 12:03

Latest Hot News writes

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It is really very difficult to remove from computer. Please suggest for remove.

# 17 Jan 2013, 5:38

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Latest Hot News: FreeFixer should be able to delete dmwu.exe, however I can not recommend to remove dmwu.exe since I don't know what the file does. dmwu.exe might be part of the IncrediBar or Incredimail software. The anti-virus scan done by virustotal did not indicate any malicious about the dmwu.exe file.

Are you experience some problem related to dmwu.exe, such as error messages, crashes, or have you found some other information that suggests that removal of dmwu.exe is recommended?

# 18 Jan 2013, 7:55

bhavik writes

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Please suggest me solution of following error.
dmwu.exe has been encountered a problem and needs to close. we are sorry for the inconvenience.

# 9 Feb 2013, 22:15

Roger Karlsson writes

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@bhavik: The "has encountered a problem and needs to close" error message is reported when dmwu.exe crashes. A crash typically occurs due to a bug in the executable file, in this case dmwu.exe.

I see two solutions:

1) Contact the developer of dmwu.exe and request an update where the bug has been fixed.

or

2) Do some digging to find out which software product dmwu.exe comes with and if you don't need that software, just uninstall it. Since dmwu.exe is digitally signed by Perion Network I would guess that dmwu.exe comes with IncrediBar, Incredimail or some of the other Perion products. Do you have any of these installed on your computer?

When does the "has encountered a problem and needs to close" error message pop up?

# 11 Feb 2013, 16:02

colin M writes

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I have same, pops up on startup (vista) on clicking to close will keep reappearing throughout session. Removal advice appreciated. cheers

# 19 Feb 2013, 2:09

david dexter writes

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i found something called snap.do on my computer when i deleted it dmwu.exe was gone

# 18 Jul 2013, 10:21

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