What does the brstswnd.exe file do?
The brstswnd.exe process is also known as brstswnd and is a part of brother brstswnd. This software is produced by brother (www.brother.com). An outdated or faulty version of brstswnd.exe can cause problems for your computer, ranging from slowness to error messages like these:
- brstswnd has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem... (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- brstswnd has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. (Windows 11, 10, 7)
- brstswnd.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.
- Access violation at address FFFFFFFF in module brstswnd.exe. Read of address 00000000.
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What you should know about brstswnd.exe brstswnd
brstswnd.exe is not a Windows system file and is known to frequently cause computer problems. The file brstswnd.exe is found in a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files".
Frequently occurring are file sizes such as 3,618,104 bytes (66% of all these files), 1,086,776 bytes or, as the case may be, 679,936 bytes.
This file does not come from Microsoft and is not part of the operating system. The file has a digital signature. This confirms that the producer has been registered with a certificate authority. The brstswnd file possesses a digital signature from Verisign.com, which should confirm its trustworthiness. The program executes in the background, and can only be terminated using Windows Task Manager. Windows starts the process each time that the computer boots up (Registry: MACHINE\Run).
Brstswnd.exe is capable of interpret keystrokes.
For this reason, 24% of all experts consider this file to be a possible threat. The probability that it can cause harm is high.
If you see this file on your hard drive or in Windows Task Manager, please make sure that it is not a malicious variant. It's a fact that many trojans try to cloak their true identity by calling themselves brstswnd.exe. With the above information or by using tools like Security Task Manager you can determine if, in your case, the file is an undesirable variant.
What do other computer users say about brstswnd?
| Brother Status Window, Process spawned by Printer Driver (Laser Printer, etc) Gate | |
| brstswnd is installed with the brother printer Cathy McInnis | |
| Brother Status Monitor. Commandline: "BrStsWnd.exe [name of your Brother printer]". Sets up an icon in your System Tray with options and menus. Peter Liang | |
| Caused by Brother Status Monitor loading at Windows Start Up. Preventing it from loading at start up eliminates the error. Ed Greenfield | |
| I found the error occured when the Brother status monitor tried to load into the sys tray. I resolved the problem by not allowing it load the status monitor at Win XP start up. Ed Greenfield |
Summary: 5 users consider brstswnd.exe essential and should not be removed. One user considers it harmless. However, one user considers this to be a suspicious process and would like to get rid of it. For this reason, one user has already deleted brstswnd.exe. source: file.net
How to uninstall brother brstswnd
To remove brstswnd from your computer, please follow the manual instructions below.
- Click the Windows Start Button. You can find it in the lower-left corner of the taskbar.
- Type 'uninstall'.
- Click Add or remove programs.
- Now locate brother brstswnd in the list of displayed applications.
- Click the program, and then click Uninstall.
How to check if brstswnd.exe (brstswnd) was uninstalled completely
After uninstalling, restart your computer. Then open Windows Explorer and check if a folder with the software name still exists under C:\Program Files. Also, check the Registry for remnants of brstswnd. To do this, start Regedit, then look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software for: brstswnd or the name of the producer. Keep in mind that only a computer professional should delete entries in the Windows Registry directly.
Last but not least
If Windows is not working properly, startup is slow, or brstswnd.exe is causing problems, a good Windows diagnostic tool may help. This is especially effective when it comes to older computers that have accumulated vast quantities of "garbage data" as the result of many software installs and uninstalls.
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