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What is rthdcpl.exe? Realtek HD Audio ?

Vendor:      Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Product:     Realtek HD Audio Sound Effect Manager
Vendor Website:      http://www.realtek.com.tw/
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.
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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: RTHDCPL.exe is the Realtek High Definiton Audio Control Panel. Can be opened when configuration changes are desired. It has been reported that this needs to run for Magic Jack to work.

rthdcpl.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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rthdcpl.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: 3.20%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 18 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
rthdcpl.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x529abf7bc07f5688ef22b8f7fe2c76bf 11/26/2021 8:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 19673 KB
2 Status 0x1750581edd5b09e0ac1be265dda9e4f0 11/4/2021 4:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16411 KB
3 Status 0xb1ce513058730aafecdd2e961412fdb2 2/16/2021 7:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16456 KB
4 Status 0x6a8bc204bc31e7cfdd1373cdb247a36c 12/27/2018 6:36:00 PM Unknown 2.1.3.3 Realtek HD Audio 15754 KB
5 Status 0xb52bca0abd463590be48663962608d46 6/26/2018 3:00:00 PM Unknown 2.1.8.6 Realtek HD Audio 16464 KB
6 Status 0xb376af03deff319984e58adb84d78fe7 5/22/2018 1:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16456 KB
7 Status 0x2cc9a09302592884e442c9d6d4b306ca 5/15/2018 3:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 17462 KB
8 Status 0x8c31c7b29061f27a850654f292bcb9dd 4/7/2018 1:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 19595 KB
9 Status 0xe26963c0ea1c47971afca95c2d68e944 2/16/2018 5:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 0 KB
10 Status 0x16c4956eccce1100a4d5434edfbbebaf 1/17/2018 8:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16925 KB
11 Status 0x61176adae8fd9df0a8f1bf88d046cb93 12/18/2017 5:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16466 KB
12 Status 0x7a6bd4de18f32ff16c75d44637602a5b 12/16/2017 10:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 18349 KB
13 Status 0x5e6380f8b88fec24461b7cdcce800bbc 12/12/2017 11:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 18264 KB
14 Status 0x937cdfbad945a72c0c36c40f8ea83183 12/12/2017 10:52:00 PM Unknown 2.0.6.4 Realtek HD Audio 15827 KB
15 Status 0xe48ea481be82fbac9410cd9c7aa891be 12/5/2017 4:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16469 KB
16 Status 0x804c0e00b37c6a05a37e037bd9eddab9 11/15/2017 12:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 17098 KB
17 Status 0x3808a7db5b3784c88b07dcf88258a27f 11/13/2017 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 16480 KB
18 Status 0x8d6c32d982dc380287d446de1d166e48 10/12/2017 3:42:00 PM Unknown 2.0.1.7 Realtek HD Audio 14506 KB
19 Status 0xddebde2be6dcad0f5e70a81364210e84 9/22/2017 6:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 18233 KB
20 Status 0x45d2b5e3384699ad1fbb303684d835b2 9/16/2017 8:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 17156 KB
21 Status 0x23245198778946cbfd3e0c818ef09361 9/7/2017 8:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 17119 KB
22 Status 0x17fa0988cce29f473ea8a83bab4676e7 9/2/2017 3:28:00 PM Unknown 2.0.0.4 Realtek HD Audio 14398 KB
23 Status 0x9bed5fa9d8e98a1c4f8a9922185fda7d 8/11/2017 4:04:00 PM Unknown 2.1.7.0 Realtek HD Audio 16460 KB
24 Status 0x0f37ba18845a56347b66d290ebfdebca 6/22/2017 11:43:00 PM Unknown 2.1.3.2 Realtek HD Audio 15754 KB
25 Status 0xf7a01e608edeb9ba5aea26d1040da7b7 5/24/2017 7:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek HD Audio 0 KB


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