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Tip from the PitCrew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe (Empowering Technology)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 28 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

ACER.EMPOWERING.FRAMEWORK.SUPERVISOR.EXE - It’s a service from ACER, that allows users use the shortcut and others functions.

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Recommendation

acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.

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Identification

In addition to the file name, acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

File name contains:	\Empowering Technology\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.

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MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe, we have detected 13 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe	13

#	MD5	Size
1	0x0ec715df2e84647078c0ce5f92587554	319488 bytes
2	0x3a3f7288ea18bc794572345b6340450f	323584 bytes
3	0xcd2805816f10da36753018b5e926a79c	323584 bytes
4	0x4e84b8ff8e71a7eff108ff5224da379d	319488 bytes
5	0x7d4297f28f58910430375ac723ad8437	323584 bytes
6	0x24e15254c0e05c773360314a0d0b57bc	319488 bytes
7	0xf1e604cb0767ff13d69be4339080c221	319488 bytes
8	0x95dee113316cf1b60403227418131a87	319488 bytes
9	0x43847476f2b5a7b38d5710f8dee010c1	323584 bytes
10	0x361e3cebb39804fee11d94322f4ca968	323584 bytes
11	0x181fa9180beb4dbe92cc71238ea9baf3	319488 bytes
12	0x39cbe2e778299f468bbd5b45cfb90a70	323584 bytes
13	0x9c9aaae0527546b8a25d7bd6521675aa	323584 bytes

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PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. acer.empowering.framework.supervisor.exe (Empowering Technology) has been seen on 0.18% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 28 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://global.acer.com/products/et/index.htm