What is googletalkplugin.exe?

googletalkplugin.exe is part of Google Talk Plugin and developed by Google according to the googletalkplugin.exe version information.

googletalkplugin.exe's description is "Hangouts Plugin"

googletalkplugin.exe is digitally signed by Google Inc.

googletalkplugin.exe is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\local settings\application data\google\google talk plugin\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on googletalkplugin.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Talk Plugin
Company nameGoogle
File descriptionHangouts Plugin
Original filenamegoogletalkplugin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2005-2013 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
Product version5.0.0.0
File version5.0.0.0

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

Product nameGoogle Talk Plugin
Company nameGoogle
File descriptionHangouts Plugin
Original filenamegoogletalkplugin.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright 2005-2013 Google Inc. All ..
Product version5.0.0.0
File version5.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

googletalkplugin.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameGoogle Inc
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number2912c70c9a2b8a3ef6f6074662d68b8d

VirusTotal report

1 of the 50 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the googletalkplugin.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.RC5_Dropper
1 of the 50 anti-virus programs detected the googletalkplugin.exe file.

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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5037348af5ddf01057646ad71fe53aa4d
SHA2566cda004b65c673a566cd3ed2b2bc81db8c7bf916b0fe5ef26333fe02b8d53514

Error Messages

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

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

googletalkplugin.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.

Hangouts Plugin has stopped working.

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

googletalkplugin.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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