| All comments about vm_sti.exe: |
 | It comes with sweex webcam driver. It shows up a window with picure taken from camer, when button on camera is pressed Luka |
 | Appears in software of a certain pc camera (Digivue) John Nelson |
 | When it runs..Ad-aware cant update.. Kazza wont run.. online virus scan wont run Yaababby |
| A4Tech USB CamView Driver kasamiko |
 | after a 30 minuts takes 100% CPU and when ended by task manager another process takes a 100% CPU I has to restart Assaf |
 | 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. Walter P Anderson Jr |
 | This is a program to catch still images by the webcam Alligatore |
| 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. Walter P Anderson Jr |
| Webcam driver. I have not had a single problem with it. Sean A. Turvey U.E. |
| 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 Norm |
| nothin unless hijacked - dumbass kazaa is where the spyware is COMING from... IceStar |
| Ad blocker supplied with USB camera software See also: Link Graham Watson |
| it became installed with my lexcron webcam D. Checkley |
| LG WebCam Driver (WebPro) Hélio M Y Jr |
| Lifetech Webcam Driver Hugo |
| Webcam driver Peter |
| 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 |
| 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. fireguy |
| 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 enigma |
| came on cd with my webcam. doesn´t do anything until 10 min after system start. then takes whol cpu power. striky |
| 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. marv |
| it is the most common webcam snapshot shell add on for Windows XP. Purgatory |
| after a 30 minuts takes 100% CPU and when ended by task manager another process takes a 100% CPU I have to restart shui niu |
| BenQ LCD attachable WebCam Driver ShadowRam |
| philips webcam dreiver component Alexey |
| Use a lot of CPU power, bad! Martin |
| It doesn't seem to be dangerous. It doesn't seem to do anything, though my webcam is not working right. maeve |
| It's a part of the labtec driver cam software |
| Never Had any problems At All Mark |
| Chinese webcam program, probably to capture pic. Not main driver-don't need. Can delete entry in registry: HKLM run user0645 |
| ViewSonic w2201 webcam - driver has issues. caused system cpu 99%. reboot to clear. happened again. Craig |
| how to installed my lexcron webcam ......? coz my cd driver lost can u help me here See also: Link endy |
| 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 Foxabilo |
| 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 shiva |
| Installed with Phillips Webcam. Can be disabled Manu |
| 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. Thomo the Lost |
| 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. Boff |
| 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 bella |
| crown prince webcam driver. lol bchow |
| Make my cam not work Scalpa |
| it's located in my windows folder, it has no use. it interferes when i play online games |
| software for capturing images from webcam saroj |
| Comes from a Chinese manufactured web cam Matt |
| 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. Poul |
| 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!!! mr_adam67 |
| its my webcam service. |
| 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!!! R |
| 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. JOBBOT |
| 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.. Fool |
| it is for camera software See also: Link munan |
| WebCam Driver Secure Jimmy |
| Linked to webcam (Use msconfig to dispel ur doubts) Harkamal |
| A4Tech USB CamView Driver eneto |
| 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. Typewriter |
| webcam driver Ozgur |
| Installed a chinese web cam, does not seem to do harm, connects no where on the net and uses only 3MB of memory. Jo |
| 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 fred |
| BAD! not dangerous for security. uses all CPU. I tryed to find The registry entry user0645 mentioned, but unseccessfull. LEVON |
| LG web cam usb tucupi |
| 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. RedRocketRetro |
| 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 Digger |
| 40KB, part of webcam driver software, harmless, others having trouble with it probably have a trojan using the same name adam |
| chinese webcam drivers...no prolems lemon |
| Came with my webcam Sean |
| came with a usb webcam - just now it is turning up in a virus scan. since the 12-22 updates for Symantec AV eastside |
| driver for vimicro webcam hav´nt had any problems |
| 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. Futaeko |
| 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 Merak |
| 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!! Kris |
| It's part of my web cam drivers, never had probs with it User |
| came with digital microscope install disk |
| chinese webcam driver MC_schum |
| was installed with the driver for a VIMICRO USB webcam, launched at boot time from Registry. Seems safe to delete the file. Anthony Maw |
| part of the drivers of the webcam. Xan_Kriegor |
| Its VIMICRO pc camera Cengiz |
| 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. a guy |
| Apache Web Cam Driver |
| Its not bad to my knowledge, just some very bad coding imo. Vmicro webcam ;) Haydn |
| 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 Federico |
| Runs for 50% of the CPU power and once terminated causes other programs to do the same hence system wide hang Jedi |
| 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. JustaLiriK |
| 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! Shait |
| I deleted the file but my camera still works. Cheap chinese camera. The actual name was domino.exe Crusader |
| Came with drivers for Philips SPC210NC webcam bought at Tescos See also: Link MrD |
| Installed a chinese web cam, does not seem to do harm, connects no where on the net and uses only 3,8MB of memory. pedja |
| Web camera button driver (catch image) FUNTOM |
| 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 Joe |
| 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) jemore |
| 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. |
| It caused BSOD to appear every time i loaded Vista. Also system was working pretty slow before i disabled it in msconfig. Siggy |
| Came installed with my webcam driver from Genius webcam, ( Genius 310p ) or something like that, borrowed the webcam from my sister : MJ |
| I have this on my pc after installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and ZoneAlarm Free. I don't know which of these two installed it, I uninstalled ZoneAlarm and "BIGDOG" is still there... I have running 3 combining security tools: -- "Avira AntiVir" (using signature-based protection), "PC Tools ThreatFire" (using real-time behavioral-based protection) and Defense+ (using a HIPS, Host Intrusion Prevention System) from "Comodo Firewall", and none of these three security layers alarmed me, so this must be harmless! konterkariert |
| Process runs with high cpu rate, higher than msn, firefox etc. no prob to deactivate... normally a webcam-driver PeterLustig |
| It's webcam driver install through window process. A little siege of memory, didn't cause any problem to my computer. Slerby |
| it'll system slowly and a little fix at sidebar,if we install sidebar vista on windows XP Jack |
| chines cam driver, when you system have idle status - it activated and use 100% system resource, only reset... Leo |
| Got installed with a cheap web cam. Did no harm to my Win XP Pro. Totalvirus say clean Sten |
| Have used it for six years, needing to update driver only once in that time - worked similar to what most commenters have stated, works with several camera makes or models, runs high cpu and slows comp, easily fixable if you stop it from running at startup - msconfig. If you dont have cd for a vimicro cam instead on just downloading the latest driver, it pays to search out the correct chipname, thats about all that Im aware of. Jacqui |
| It comes after installation of Vimicro web cam driver. mark |
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