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What is fwservice.exe? PC Tools Firewall Plus?

Vendor:      PC Tools
Product:     PC Tools Firewall Plus
Vendor Website:      http://www.pctools.com/firewall
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data
Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: FWService.exe - PC Tools Firewall Plus

fwservice.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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fwservice.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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fwservice.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
fwservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd93108a20fa4b4317952234de106f199 10/20/2016 3:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 143 KB
2 Status 0x86d511370a217b554916e3a45d091042 8/30/2015 2:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 279 KB
3 Status 0xc45ed958d60b95e98bacb45f4f2f1649 1/21/2015 7:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 799 KB
4 Status 0x55906acb0a68425caf7cae057734a4e7 1/29/2012 7:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 123 KB
5 Status 0x482d17b878aa8a22ae053a734e279458 9/18/2011 4:47:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 25 PC Tools Firewall Plus 773 KB
6 Status 0x917b677cf47e53402e37cb8380509b45 8/28/2011 1:54:00 AM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 53 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
7 Status 0xfc555953839f84d9a22785052146bd1c 6/18/2011 7:45:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 1, 9 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
8 Status 0xad79d381be79af2cb4d455e6afa72fb0 5/14/2011 5:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 799 KB
9 Status 0xa58afae32e87d88cf8b3958cf1421c7e 12/28/2010 8:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 799 KB
10 Status 0xacf8add06612dcad84616f05241dde7f 12/9/2010 8:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 280 KB
11 Status 0xa106fb43dfffa6ace6c58f3208689ff2 10/13/2010 10:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 280 KB
12 Status 0x3b3860329b795b6d05c2e74a81f25b41 10/2/2010 5:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
13 Status 0x5136b148a9348c1bc2c0b794643fc845 9/16/2010 5:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 280 KB
14 Status 0xe6d472bced8d352b8899578f92fc1fd6 7/20/2010 7:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 123 KB
15 Status 0x6b829c25d290f79791ec0508ef76af50 7/7/2010 9:15:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 60 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
16 Status 0x412a2151769739db1860fcd030fa2cac 12/15/2009 6:59:00 AM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 36 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
17 Status 0xe479ad61796ac0f374bd37e84ecb2a68 10/26/2009 11:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 143 KB
18 Status 0x7af3fb0f1f8cbeeb6e54864226620979 10/19/2009 1:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 799 KB
19 Status 0xcc6ddbcf220121d356cc1fb2b08176f2 8/30/2009 5:26:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 52 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB
20 Status 0x3db9404d0eb5c607c0b44b31ca91d567 8/23/2009 12:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 143 KB
21 Status 0x712cfb87ed52640b2d6b6e86bdd7b0a3 6/21/2009 6:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 769 KB
22 Status 0x4ecf66fc8a1ebac5227355ad5d3671ef 3/15/2009 4:01:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 24 PC Tools Firewall Plus 773 KB
23 Status 0x29d57c254a4bf4337098b0b2ea220233 2/12/2009 4:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 143 KB
24 Status 0xb83ed1b6452d2422f5b66a40e0bd0e47 2/3/2009 6:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Tools Firewall Plus 769 KB
25 Status 0x9fc190c3ffa037776b38c831f45f8ab0 11/19/2008 4:53:00 PM Unknown 3, 0, 0, 29 PC Tools Firewall Plus 89 KB


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