Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

4, 2, 0, 0	20.00%
4, 1, 1, 3	60.00%
3, 5, 1, 3	20.00%

Relationships

Child processes

Related files

brstswnd.exe (brother brstswnd by Brother Industries)

brstsw64.exe

brother brstswnd by Brother Industries (Signed)

Remove brstsw64.exe

Version:	4, 1, 1, 3
MD5:	3573a4fd6682d3db7faa089159affd1c
SHA1:	a295d3bb4a2b45a8c18d78d36d4d4c310b545819
SHA256:	7d22473c9dbaaa3e6bbf7b1ee0b5ffcb47408a1cf60a15dff39b9c59c8ec6fb5

Overview

brstsw64.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). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Brother Industries which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	brstsw64.exe
Publisher:	brother
Product name:	brother brstswnd
Description:	brstswnd
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\brownie\brstsw64.exe
Original name:	brstswnd.exe
File version:	4, 1, 1, 3
Size:	3.52 MB (3,695,928 bytes)
Build date:	8/19/2009 12:31 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	Brother Industries
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

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

'BrStsWnd' → C:\Program Files\Brownie\BrstsW64.exe Autorun

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00086713%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00047089%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00039624%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,537 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	8,284,576/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	54/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	2.64 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.76 MB
Private (minimum):	3.85 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.64 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	87.67 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	94.57 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.93 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	8.55 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	3,557,047/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	9.79 MB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1,713/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	3 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	5,866/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	108	600
GUI GDI count:	112	103
GUI GDI peak:	120	142
GUI USER count:	73	49
GUI USER peak:	108	71