What is chrome.exe?

Chrome.exe file information

The process known as Google Chrome or Chromium or Cent Browser or Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Client Application or SRWare Iron or GoogleChromeAutoLaunch_036484C928D5AB61BE53D6869ED85E23 or AutoIt v3 Script or 5B64A69768ACBBE60C3DD8AA7F60DC88D73FB98A._service_run

belongs to software Google Chrome or Chromium or Google Chrome Canary or Adobe SVG Viewer or Cent Browser or YouTube or Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) Client Application or Idle Crawler

by Google (toolbar.google.com) or The Chromium Authors or Cent Studio or Dan Deng or The Genesium Authors or LLC Mail.Ru (mail.ru) or Blaze Media or 11111.

Description: Chrome.exe is not essential for the Windows OS and causes relatively few problems. The chrome.exe file is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)" (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\). Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 813,896 bytes (3% of all occurrences), 1,708,016 bytes and 472 more variants.  
The file is not a Windows system file. It is certified by a trustworthy company. The program has no visible window. Chrome.exe is able to manipulate other programs and monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 24% dangerous; however you should also read the user reviews.

Recommended: Identify chrome.exe related errors

• If chrome.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's profile folder, the security rating is 41% dangerous. The file size is 828,416 bytes (10% of all occurrences), 1,068,544 bytes and 337 more variants. Chrome.exe is not a Windows system file. It is certified by a trustworthy company. The program is not visible. Chrome.exe is able to manipulate other programs and monitor applications.
  Uninstalling this variant: You can also uninstall Google Chrome or Chromium from your computer using the Control Panel applet Uninstall a Program.
• If chrome.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 48% dangerous. The file size is 3,599,928 bytes (12% of all occurrences), 1,744,440 bytes and 6 more variants. It is not a Windows system file. The program has no visible window. Chrome.exe is able to manipulate other programs and monitor applications.
  Uninstalling this variant: You can also do the following:
    1) uninstall "Cent Browser" or SRWare Iron from your computer using the Control Panel applet Uninstall a Program
    2) visit the vendor's support site ^[1][2].
• If chrome.exe is located in the Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 75% dangerous. The file size is 164,352 bytes (14% of all occurrences), 28,160 bytes and 5 more variants.
• If chrome.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder, the security rating is 29% dangerous. The file size is 2,150,896 bytes (20% of all occurrences), 1,696,920 bytes, 1,426,264 bytes, 1,124,352 bytes or 813,896 bytes.
• If chrome.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows, the security rating is 82% dangerous. The file size is 409,605 bytes (33% of all occurrences), 1,006,592 bytes or 3,395,904 bytes.
• If chrome.exe is located in a subfolder of Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 68% dangerous. The file size is 1,864,192 bytes (50% of all occurrences) or 4,195,328 bytes.
• If chrome.exe is located in the user's profile folder, the security rating is 26% dangerous. The file size is 83,456 bytes.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as chrome.exe, particularly when located in the C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32 folder, for example TROJ_GEN.RC1CDA6 or TROJ_SPNR.06I612 (detected by TrendMicro), and Packed.Generic.348 or Trojan.ADH (detected by Symantec). Therefore, you should check the chrome.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.