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What is limewire.exe? LimeWire?

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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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: LimeWire.exe - A P2P file sharing program that is bundled with various adware and spyware applications.

limewire.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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limewire.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 76 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
limewire.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2b7f2dc5741bb18f7f5ec7558da68197 5/16/2018 5:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 492 KB
2 Status 0x365418b2fefca481c6ce388da076eac2 8/10/2011 2:18:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 LimeWire 144 KB
3 Status 0x9fe8ed98b63ca6ac4dabf15025482916 7/31/2011 6:58:00 PM Unknown LimeWire 156 KB
4 Status 0xdbb25dafcaee7417dc7546cf7df59d30 6/29/2011 2:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 136 KB
5 Status 0x97918093dd905f51b2985ea597160b9e 6/19/2011 1:15:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 LimeWire 80 KB
6 Status 0xa91488859692334d14d1d902e1ef799e 5/11/2011 12:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 136 KB
7 Status 0x7b5d624fbb163ce7aca3bda9290f6702 11/29/2010 9:51:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 LimeWire 120 KB
8 Status 0x690c56ac5ffc7c26f98a658f7fbea9a1 8/17/2010 1:34:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 LimeWire 144 KB
9 Status 0xb6605a4ff8c43b1c4077f5b6fffb1787 7/18/2010 11:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 161 KB
10 Status 0x6eb5c09684552ec791896f6179a0c163 5/4/2010 1:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 103 KB
11 Status 0x97979582a60297938c0c2fa6eefa0ae6 2/27/2010 8:45:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 1 LimeWire 84 KB
12 Status 0x6ea7f025ccbd891e732b89409d9c7cca 1/25/2010 7:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 492 KB
13 Status 0x99355781c135bc229756ef6fec29e2e0 12/8/2009 1:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 492 KB
14 Status 0x72c33efe73c57609998e7cc343bbbffc 11/1/2009 6:14:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 LimeWire 144 KB
15 Status 0xe9f04d69f9af0a9cd8ad58dde6bd78ae 9/1/2009 10:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 492 KB
16 Status 0xef509c321653a2f29616c78960c831e7 6/30/2009 4:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 136 KB
17 Status 0x8641e690414667c851a859e5fd89f2ba 5/31/2009 8:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 164 KB
18 Status 0x8b30367f4ac056cb279ebe89ad2a39aa 5/23/2009 10:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 164 KB
19 Status 0x99282b92992b58b581b84bfc3414329d 4/21/2009 4:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 192 KB
20 Status 0x5bfef3ad0ad5bc548b36912fd63a627d 4/14/2009 7:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 216 KB
21 Status 0x362ea05966886a5276e6661fca490d82 4/9/2009 1:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 152 KB
22 Status 0x0f03eb69c929986697c91ab90241e6dc 4/4/2009 9:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 154 KB
23 Status 0x9f4cff7efa7b5e91d6ac689ef43c303d 3/28/2009 10:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 193 KB
24 Status 0xe96ba61318736e1e19d8693870795a2a 3/13/2009 5:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 153 KB
25 Status 0x0f2baca0b6d18a3cfb0c980a7d23239f 3/5/2009 9:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown LimeWire 153 KB


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