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What is aawservice.exe? Ad-Aware?

Vendor:      Lavasoft
Product:     Ad-Aware
Vendor Website:      http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
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: aawservice.exe is part of the Ad-Aware 2007 anti-spyware solution. This program can find and remove spyware and malware from your computer.

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


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aawservice.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: 0.66%
Average CPU use for this program: 4%
Average RAM for this program: 61 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
aawservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x61323b88efe90f6b144a3611b3ed1d7d 3/28/2017 5:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1697 KB
2 Status 0x55afd4a9d5ed4ad40d5215ccdf4d65f3 12/3/2016 3:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2102 KB
3 Status 0x17067069b9a7865028c1f2e6971d0ccc 8/2/2016 5:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 597 KB
4 Status 0x034cc619bba67d0b87b7617bd5c6676e 8/31/2015 3:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 927 KB
5 Status 0x3ca4e31216365ce2b5d2edca5c886c48 5/4/2015 10:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1153 KB
6 Status 0xcc7d978c4f56fb434e841d35788a7f3c 4/23/2015 4:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1005 KB
7 Status 0xed60ffd305ac0424920d146db9f9ed78 12/15/2014 7:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2101 KB
8 Status 0x9ec22f743d5cb6501e8efdd39a14431f 12/8/2014 9:48:00 PM Unknown 7, 0, 1, 4 Ad-Aware 552 KB
9 Status 0x07ae10139d7713d69f57209fdf0425cc 11/20/2014 5:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 593 KB
10 Status 0x25f8546fd40e40ec5a2a23aecae4fdca 11/4/2014 5:20:00 PM Unknown 7, 0, 2, 5 Ad-Aware 573 KB
11 Status 0x0629361fac4576ba48ab39f4903dce9e 9/30/2014 7:18:00 PM Unknown 7,0,2,6 Ad-Aware 573 KB
12 Status 0x1a383f027d4f282e954c5ae30e5bce50 9/15/2014 1:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1153 KB
13 Status 0x193146149076b331c008c1c0af6fa5b9 8/26/2014 3:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1011 KB
14 Status 0x6df2be94d712753fb8d87495469b5262 8/19/2014 9:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1324 KB
15 Status 0xb30f37242dd1c640dd5c770ff5b378ae 7/20/2014 11:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1005 KB
16 Status 0x1c91454251899beee42fb83eb2831d1f 9/18/2012 2:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2102 KB
17 Status 0x93b3ef77866490c7daba054f6cbfcd51 5/11/2012 9:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2102 KB
18 Status 0x7b06e056719a628e0dbb1b54edacca85 3/23/2012 12:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2102 KB
19 Status 0xea38136981c61c571d52c380daad46ef 2/8/2012 3:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2101 KB
20 Status 0x4d99fca201b72e0f2ca996e357baa170 2/8/2012 2:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2101 KB
21 Status 0xbb35c1500b546b534dea0b758aac2d25 2/7/2012 3:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2101 KB
22 Status 0xbd1e59ffeb8d84dc592a92497d823322 2/5/2012 3:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 1345 KB
23 Status 0x1a198d2182ed39470a70c54c5078bd4d 2/2/2012 11:31:00 PM Unknown 7,0,2,7 Ad-Aware 593 KB
24 Status 0x10a1c82d74bf6b4cecff4c303469a75f 1/30/2012 8:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 597 KB
25 Status 0xf533084c0538cf414fd36fdcae727164 1/30/2012 2:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 900 KB


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