What is kldw.exe?
kldw.exe is part of Kaspersky Anti-Virus and developed by AO Kaspersky Lab according to the kldw.exe version information.
kldw.exe's description is "Kaspersky Dump Writer"
kldw.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab.
kldw.exe is usually located in the 'c:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS.1\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab\AVP17.0.0\Temp\temporaryFolder\updates\bin\kav17\17.0.0.611_kis_c\kru\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about kldw.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on kldw.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Kaspersky Anti-Virus |
| Company name | AO Kaspersky Lab |
| File description | Kaspersky Dump Writer |
| Internal name | KLDW |
| Original filename | KLDW.EXE |
| Legal copyright | ⓒ 2016 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights Reserved. |
| Legal trademark | Registered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners |
| Product version | 17.0.0.678 |
| File version | 17.0.0.678 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Kaspersky Anti-Virus |
| Company name | AO Kaspersky Lab |
| File description | Kaspersky Dump Writer |
| Internal name | KLDW |
| Original filename | KLDW.EXE |
| Legal copyright | ⓒ 2016 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Right.. |
| Legal trademark | Registered trademarks and service ma.. |
| Product version | 17.0.0.678 |
| File version | 17.0.0.678 |
Digital signatures [?]
kldw.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Kaspersky Lab |
| Certificate issuer name | DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1 |
| Certificate serial number | 0f668fb0f0f002b774c7ddbd769ee5b1 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 61 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the kldw.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 7ffb701486ffa6913cc86f14ca96208a |
| SHA256 | 8bebde13caaa686c1eeae5a92991777b06f639f56c472a53367c336310b6421c |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to kldw.exe:
kldw.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
kldw.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.
Kaspersky Dump Writer has stopped working.
End Program - kldw.exe. This program is not responding.
kldw.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
kldw.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with kldw.exe?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with kldw.exe. 75% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with kldw.exe. Only 4 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Malware or legitimate?
If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.
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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.
No idea what this dump writer is for, but after several years of using Kaspersky i had to dump it because of this. My system would grind to a halt with 100% CPU usage, looking in processes I would see literally dozens of instances of Kaspersky Dump Writer running ...and I could not terminate any of them - "The operation is not valid for this process". Log out of windows and back in and it would all start again immediately, shut down and restart and I would have a few minutes respite.
# 6 Nov 2021, 23:17
jgf writes