Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1, 4, 13, 0	62.50%
1, 2, 27, 0	12.50%
1, 2, 25, 0	12.50%
1, 0, 2, 7	12.50%

Relationships

BrStMonW.exe

Status Monitor Application by Brother Industries, Ltd

Remove BrStMonW.exe

Version:	1, 2, 27, 0
MD5:	ef7bcaa82ece5454b69812484e5d28ff
SHA1:	dd132a5bde0b1c67afe2b43910994b6588947cde

Overview

brstmonw.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine).

Details

File name:	brstmonw.exe
Publisher:	Brother Industries, Ltd.
Product name:	Status Monitor Application
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\browny02\brother\brstmonw.exe
File version:	1, 2, 27, 0
Size:	2.55 MB (2,678,784 bytes)
Build date:	12/13/2011 12:06 AM
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'BrStsMon00' → C:\Program Files\Browny02\Brother\BrStMonW.exe /AUTORUN

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00700215%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00298240%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00401975%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	47 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	4/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	2.76 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	9.55 MB
Private (minimum):	8.34 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.76 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	81.66 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	87.39 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	8.37 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	9.58 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	146	600
GUI GDI count:	41	103
GUI GDI peak:	45	142
GUI USER count:	51	49
GUI USER peak:	52	71