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What is swdsvc.exe? Spyware Doctor?

Vendor:      PC Tools
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/
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: swdsvc.exe - This file is associated with the PC Tools anti-spyware software.

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


swdsvc.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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swdsvc.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 20 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
swdsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xccc246145860b8dc076d3c518cc40317 10/18/2014 4:35:00 AM Unknown 5.0.5.23 Spyware Doctor 1382 KB
2 Status 0xa882a1922d8ebe09b1bf378a078663c1 1/25/2012 8:43:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.60 Spyware Doctor 1271 KB
3 Status 0xc59d581bc4ad04b6c7476812704c3a0c 1/9/2012 8:13:00 PM Unknown 5.0.5.24 Spyware Doctor 1384 KB
4 Status 0x4f6abdbb77ac25809ac3fef05c0d4227 8/16/2011 1:22:00 AM Unknown 5.0.1.62 Spyware Doctor 1278 KB
5 Status 0x2b366e3b0c7e9041ef0138c7c95ec776 6/1/2011 8:30:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.51 Spyware Doctor 1271 KB
6 Status 0xbdd748dc2e48349f7666a68993e63e2d 4/11/2011 12:07:00 AM Unknown 5.0.5.5 Spyware Doctor 1374 KB
7 Status 0x0059380566178319dc100d54bb6c314d 3/20/2011 9:57:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 29 Spyware Doctor 116 KB
8 Status 0x339d8a1530c9513dbb2fd35c8554ac3a 11/6/2010 4:00:00 AM Unknown 5.0.1.64 Spyware Doctor 1278 KB
9 Status 0xcddd0d4470a9fa6fd722051eea3c86aa 1/18/2010 9:07:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 8 Spyware Doctor 104 KB
10 Status 0x75145494276c147acf99d9ee55259d6c 11/4/2009 1:07:00 PM Unknown 5.0.1.62 Spyware Doctor 1278 KB
11 Status 0xbe5e20a0ab9dcb29d4976d15151c2a3f 10/20/2009 8:09:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 12 Spyware Doctor 112 KB
12 Status 0xb5e0b536a2b11ad67803b2f35464afc6 10/10/2009 8:25:00 PM Unknown 5.0.5.3 Spyware Doctor 1373 KB
13 Status 0x963a025030d4ef182e667cfef4661425 10/1/2009 11:36:00 PM Unknown 5.0.5.20 Spyware Doctor 1382 KB
14 Status 0xad2cc933523df61edd184ac81e2847c0 7/20/2009 7:25:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.56 Spyware Doctor 1271 KB
15 Status 0x5b000e790dd9de2902de79d5dc890362 6/23/2009 2:14:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.47 Spyware Doctor 1268 KB
16 Status 0xaf8be88a2a6b0c4e82f53dcab015af23 3/11/2009 12:39:00 PM Unknown 5.0.0.57 Spyware Doctor 1272 KB
17 Status 0xdd208247062a78d3cbc8f6ad0808836d 3/2/2009 3:37:00 PM Unknown 5.0.5.22 Spyware Doctor 1382 KB
18 Status 0x9866a841360517837471e08039324866 11/19/2008 6:37:00 AM Unknown 5.0.1.62a Spyware Doctor 1278 KB
19 Status 0xf8901378f6150b62cb11336b96550c7a 9/27/2008 8:43:00 AM Unknown 5.0.0.59 Spyware Doctor 1272 KB
20 Status 0xa7bd4623fa404f98177a0e4e6ad264aa 9/16/2008 11:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Spyware Doctor 1271 KB
21 Status 0x23af389195cecf868898cd41ed863811 8/18/2008 5:43:00 AM Unknown 5.0.5.22 Spyware Doctor 1382 KB
22 Status 0xbf0742b59cf6025a023495d88fe7c326 7/26/2008 5:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Spyware Doctor 1374 KB
23 Status 0x8121518f84f51bafaa9debad8a10cbff 3/26/2008 12:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Spyware Doctor 1271 KB
24 Status 0xc9cc19cd7be762a51c507f89ee5bcb0c 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.0.0.35 Spyware Doctor 1258 KB


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