What is swiservice.exe?

swiservice.exe is part of SwiService and developed by Sierra Wireless, Inc. according to the swiservice.exe version information.

swiservice.exe's description is "Sierra Wireless Service"

swiservice.exe is digitally signed by Sierra Wireless.

swiservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\sierra wireless inc\utils\' folder.

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

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on swiservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSwiService
Company nameSierra Wireless, Inc.
File descriptionSierra Wireless Service
Internal nameSwiService
Original filenameSwiService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Product version2.2.1410.5
File version2.2.1410.5

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

Product nameSwiService
Company nameSierra Wireless, Inc.
File descriptionSierra Wireless Service
Internal nameSwiService
Original filenameSwiService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Product version2.2.1410.5
File version2.2.1410.5

Digital signatures [?]

swiservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameSierra Wireless
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number36e3d120885c76b7f99583c10050ecf1

VirusTotal report

1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the swiservice.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Rising PE:Malware.Obscure/Heur!1.9E03
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the swiservice.exe file.

Other files also named swiservice.exe

swiservice.exe (8 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a14b5221c5db9c4d8ba83f93ae47ad6a
SHA256e49640c9fc4fc9a482e1d771cceef11ae43cfc770f76946c7f59bb0c4a91ae0b

Error Messages

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

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

swiservice.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.

Sierra Wireless Service has stopped working.

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

swiservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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