| All comments about vm_sti.exe: |
 Luka | It comes with sweex webcam driver. It shows up a window with picure taken from camer, when button on camera is pressed |
 John Nelson | Appears in software of a certain pc camera (Digivue) |
 Yaababby | When it runs..Ad-aware cant update.. Kazza wont run.. online virus scan wont run |
| kasamiko | A4Tech USB CamView Driver |
 Assaf | after a 30 minuts takes 100% CPU and when ended by task manager another process takes a 100% CPU I has to restart |
 Walter P Anderson Jr | It came from MICRO Innovations PC Camera. Every time I load the driver it goes to my \Program Files\Vimicro\VM302\Driver AutoInstall\Driver Files then create copy to \Windows directory. I just delete it and my camera still works. |
 Alligatore | This is a program to catch still images by the webcam |
| Walter P Anderson Jr | It's part of the driver for MICRO Innovations, PC Camera. All I do is delete it out of \Windows directory and my PC Camera still works and no more bothersome error. I do not have an idea why they copy it to the \Windows directory. |
| Sean A. Turvey U.E. | Webcam driver. I have not had a single problem with it. |
| Norm | seams to sit there and do nothing for 5-10 mins then uses as much processing power as it can. the other thing is i've never installed a webcam or tv card etc on this pc either, bit sus if u ask me |
| IceStar | nothin unless hijacked - dumbass kazaa is where the spyware is COMING from... |
| Graham Watson | Ad blocker supplied with USB camera software See also: Link |
| D. Checkley | it became installed with my lexcron webcam |
| Hélio M Y Jr | LG WebCam Driver (WebPro) |
| Hugo | Lifetech Webcam Driver |
| Peter | Webcam driver |
| Dima | See also: Link |
| | i have a vimicro cam made by sunny company china,every time i install the driver it allways says bigdog encountered a problem and needs to close,also if i disconnect this cam i have to re-install the driver all the time |
| fireguy | This file caused my computer to combust when CPU usage reached 86.5544%. Beware. New kind of malware - NY Times reports 23 homes have burned down as a result of this file. Comes from your cell phone. |
| enigma | after abt 30 min it takes up 100% cpu resources and slows the system, cant play any games for too long as they slow down after playing for some time bcos this starts running |
| striky | came on cd with my webcam. doesn´t do anything until 10 min after system start. then takes whol cpu power. |
| marv | it is installed in winnt and started in the startup. recently i switched isp and had to unblock some port to trouble shoot it. during testing of the e-mail system i found the my default e-mail was being marked by spam cops and was found to be sending spam. as it was my buisness account i switched defaults and the problem followed the default email. I too had purchased a chinese camera but norton internet security was blocking it. And who would name the start up bigdog for a friggin camera. I believe it is a mail bot from china. |
| Purgatory | it is the most common webcam snapshot shell add on for Windows XP. |
| shui niu | after a 30 minuts takes 100% CPU and when ended by task manager another process takes a 100% CPU I have to restart |
| ShadowRam | BenQ LCD attachable WebCam Driver |
| Alexey | philips webcam dreiver component |
| Martin | Use a lot of CPU power, bad! |
| maeve | It doesn't seem to be dangerous. It doesn't seem to do anything, though my webcam is not working right. |
| | It's a part of the labtec driver cam software |
| Mark | Never Had any problems At All |
| user0645 | Chinese webcam program, probably to capture pic. Not main driver-don't need. Can delete entry in registry: HKLM run |
| Craig | ViewSonic w2201 webcam - driver has issues. caused system cpu 99%. reboot to clear. happened again. |
| endy | how to installed my lexcron webcam ......? coz my cd driver lost can u help me here See also: Link |
| Foxabilo | For web cams with the "click" button on them, when you press the "click" button this little applet initiats the CAM grabber main software and grabs a frame. Totaly harmless but remove it if you like it just means your "CLICK" manual take a pic button will no longer work outside of the CAM's software |
| shiva | exactly same as Assaf after a 30 minuts takes 100% CPU and when ended by task manager another process takes a 100% CPU I has to restart |
| Manu | Installed with Phillips Webcam. Can be disabled |
| Thomo the Lost | 10-30 minutes after PC starts up, this file takes 98-99% CPU. Whole system hangs then. Using task manager to stop it certainly stops it, then explorer.exe takes 99% CPU. It is a beatch to bring the system down and usually have to resort to big orange switch on side of machine ... well, it would be orange if I designed laptops. This file seems to have only appeared since last Saturday when, surprise of surprises, I installed webcam software from D-Link. |
| Boff | Came on CD with my Vimicro webcam. My firewall (Symantec) was forever blocking it access to the internet, however when I tracked the IP address it was trying to access it was my local machine. But since I have switched to Zone Alarm I have had no problem with this file. I have no reason to believe it is any form of malware. |
| bella | it makes my system slow,very slow TTATT many friends told me that:it is not virus,it just a webcam driver.it is not dangerous at all!! BUT-----It takes up 95~99% CPU usage AND it makes system run slowly |
| bchow | crown prince webcam driver. lol |
| Scalpa | Make my cam not work |
| | it's located in my windows folder, it has no use. it interferes when i play online games |
| saroj | software for capturing images from webcam |
| Matt | Comes from a Chinese manufactured web cam |
| Poul | For a webcam. It has never displayed any kind of bad behaviour. The webcam's still picture function does not work without this file. It is not a mailbot from china, it is not a process hog, it is not a PC combuster. What did that to other people (if anyone's even did combust..) sounds like any other random virus. |
| mr_adam67 | after start up my computer runs like a piece of shit.. i have to close it down in quick time in the Processes tab in the task manager otherwise i cant do anything on my comp... my advice GET RID OF IT!!! |
| | its my webcam service. |
| R | Came (in my case) with Sandberg NightCam driver - IN ADDITION to taking up 100% CPU capacity + inability to run online virus-scan (as described by others here) ALSO my firewall started blocking antivirus from updating; though when it looked like antivirus was updating there was really going some downloading on from some other server it's NOT supposed to update from. - BEWARE of this file!!! |
| JOBBOT | Came with Web Cam driver from China. Hard usage my CPU and when I plugged the camera, my windows firewall turned off immediately !!! This should be potential malware. |
| Fool | This file is a backdoor program and higly hidden! It may came any cd in LEGAL drivers or programs or sites..But when i unpack and see source code it contains some files for backdoring.. |
| munan | it is for camera software See also: Link |
| Jimmy | WebCam Driver Secure |
| Harkamal | Linked to webcam (Use msconfig to dispel ur doubts) |
| eneto | A4Tech USB CamView Driver |
| Typewriter | I don't have a camera installed or connected to my laptop, why is this file here?!! I can't stop it working or even change it's priority - doesn't seem right, but can't get rid of it. GRR. |
| Ozgur | webcam driver |
| Jo | Installed a chinese web cam, does not seem to do harm, connects no where on the net and uses only 3MB of memory. |
| fred | webcam driver - There is an ARDAMAX part of code inside. Ardamax is a keylogger. It could be very dangerous. Delete it. It doesn't affect the bewvam functionnality See also: Link |
| LEVON | BAD! not dangerous for security. uses all CPU. I tryed to find The registry entry user0645 mentioned, but unseccessfull. |
| tucupi | LG web cam usb |
| RedRocketRetro | Written by BULLDOG, mine also installed with a (cheap) Vimicro WebCam. Seems strange that it uses 2% of processing power even though the camera hasn't been connected to the PC for months... so what is the software actually processing? Reading the other opinions, it appears to be a badly written piece of code. |
| Digger | Webcam driver for all kinds of webcams. Totally harmless. Get real guys, CPU's can run at 100% loading 24/7 365 days a year with no bad effects. No spyware here, Kazaa etc are your real worries |
| adam | 40KB, part of webcam driver software, harmless, others having trouble with it probably have a trojan using the same name |
| lemon | chinese webcam drivers...no prolems |
| Sean | Came with my webcam |
| eastside | came with a usb webcam - just now it is turning up in a virus scan. since the 12-22 updates for Symantec AV |
| | driver for vimicro webcam hav´nt had any problems |
| Futaeko | Startup process: C:\WINDOWS\Vm_sti.exe Vimicro USB PC Camera. Seems to run even when the camera is not plugged in. Memory usage atm 60MB - seems stupid for something that doesn't do anything. But nonetheless it's safe. |
| Merak | Installed with Vimicro USB PC Camera; uninstall removes it. I had it for 3 months with no problems, then it suddenly took 100% CPU when I installed a system update (rendering other services (Antivirus, etc) useless. There's probably a bug in it that results in a "tight loop" under certain circumstances - dangerous when it fails, but otherwise works |
| Kris | exactly same as the others in 30 minutes takes 100% CPU and impossible to get to Task Manager it came with my viewsonic web cam.... GERRRRR!! |
| User | It's part of my web cam drivers, never had probs with it |
| | came with digital microscope install disk |
| MC_schum | chinese webcam driver |
| Anthony Maw | was installed with the driver for a VIMICRO USB webcam, launched at boot time from Registry. Seems safe to delete the file. |
| Xan_Kriegor | part of the drivers of the webcam. |
| Cengiz | Its VIMICRO pc camera |
| a guy | This file came also with my webcam software, but only started to work about a week after i installed the software. What i did is the following: open your windows map and use the search ability to look for VM_STI.exe, if the file is found then destroy it, reboot and it should be better now. |
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| Haydn | Its not bad to my knowledge, just some very bad coding imo. Vmicro webcam ;) |
| Federico | installed by D-Link USB webcam driver. if you are not using your webcam anymore you can remove it from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Jedi | Runs for 50% of the CPU power and once terminated causes other programs to do the same hence system wide hang |
| JustaLiriK | i get it from a webcam emulator ( still image) it uses 10% of my cpu and slows it down. i removed it , wait and see for consequences. |
| Shait | Used over 600 MB of my system RAM and the cam is not even plugged in. It is incredible crap, get a real Logitech webcam and stop screwing around with crappy drivers! |
| Crusader | I deleted the file but my camera still works. Cheap chinese camera. The actual name was domino.exe |
| MrD | Came with drivers for Philips SPC210NC webcam bought at Tescos See also: Link |
| pedja | Installed a chinese web cam, does not seem to do harm, connects no where on the net and uses only 3,8MB of memory. |
| FUNTOM | Web camera button driver (catch image) |
| Joe | when I click button on vimicro webcam it activates amcap.exe (small window showing images from camera) only seems to use around 15% memory for a second then it sits quietly waiting for another click |
| jemore | Installed with a webcam. delete regkey HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Run\BigDogPath (value was "C:\WINDOWS\VM_STI.EXE Cammaestro 4.2GU build 1104.72" on my system) |
| | It came with my sony ericsson mobile driver and keeps taking a large amount of my CPU Resources (10%-90%) I isn't Dangerous but it really slows down your computer. |
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