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What is mxoaldr.exe? Mass Storage Adapter?

Vendor:      Cypress Semiconductor
Product:     Storage Adapter
Vendor Website:      http://www.cypress.com/portal/server.pt
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.

Purpose: mxoaldr.exe is the main driver process for Maxtor external drives. In order for your Maxtor External drive to function correctly you should leave this process running.

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


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mxoaldr.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mxoaldr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa6b33a9b1452178aa7968effef266a1d 9/13/2021 3:13:00 PM Unknown 6.01.1000.0 Mass Storage Adapter 92 KB
2 Status 0x38edc0f90dca41b5f71ecfedd0b1d2ac 2/18/2015 11:32:00 PM Unknown 6.00.1010.0 Mass Storage Adapter 116 KB
3 Status 0x776299f5c6452a5b37fab820a2101009 7/22/2011 5:12:00 PM Unknown 1.0.1010.0 Mass Storage Adapter 116 KB
4 Status 0x3c57f891a4237b3792e609199f4dc394 4/9/2010 4:48:00 PM Unknown 1.00.1000.0 Mass Storage Adapter 116 KB
5 Status 0x51a38d2a5d980f5252d718de31f576ee 4/7/2009 12:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Mass Storage Adapter 116 KB
6 Status 0xbb66545e02cd31f477bd1779ea606b68 12/31/2007 Unknown 6.01.1000.0 Mass Storage Adapter 92 KB


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