Versions

1, 0, 1, 7	3.33%
1, 0, 1, 3	83.33%
1, 0, 1, 2	3.33%
1, 0, 0, 8	10.00%

There are 4 versions of brstmonw.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1, 0, 1, 7. brstmonw.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process displays a GUI (graphical user interface) which allows the user to interact with it as well as displays a notification icon in the taskbar. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 2.5 MB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0024% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.5 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 12.83 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 883 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

The Brother Status Monitor will report issues with the printer. Take the corrective actions listed in the table below for the error message that the Status Monitor reports. The default setting for the Status Monitor is off. If you would like to turn the status monitor on, you can change the setting of the Status Monitor in the Device Options of the Advanced tab in the printer driver.