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What is snmp.exe? SNMP Service?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb726977.aspx
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.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: snmp.exe is the "Simple Network Management Protocol" (SNMP) for Windows. For a home configuration, this service is not required and should be stopped for better security; stop the service and set its startup type to Manual in Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Services. If you are in a managed environment (IT department or hosted server) then leave this service as-is.

snmp.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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snmp.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.71%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
snmp.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x60c377be6b3cc83f6a8584934b181d2e 12/7/2021 1:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
2 Status 0xe696d96a562f94e7157a334dbf980c17 5/15/2017 12:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
3 Status 0x8f329ec6ea2b29dc5df15c0a016a5ee0 12/30/2016 1:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 31 KB
4 Status 0x45a0772a49914786ad64471205938ce9 9/11/2016 4:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
5 Status 0x8f5171c837e64ff0ac48f0a29dd9e180 3/22/2016 3:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 46 KB
6 Status 0x7fa5015f0e1c8c5d4f68748c6a5711d1 3/5/2016 4:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 0 KB
7 Status 0xd923bf27723e28e3c121b77f52db4bce 2/28/2016 3:22:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) SNMP Service 32 KB
8 Status 0x6feb04de6288f5466391e29057dc5b0e 1/1/2015 3:23:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.3038 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.061119-2303) SNMP Service 32 KB
9 Status 0xfaab08d69e273deffd1676730f722735 11/3/2014 2:17:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3300 (xpsp.080125-0707) SNMP Service 32 KB
10 Status 0x708a1b41e7e850b2b1309073551cbd53 9/25/2014 8:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
11 Status 0x1c4c9bf4a84aa18a6fb0d5ae6ac463bd 9/1/2014 12:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
12 Status 0xd62f2d95612b7b8bd20c595b60dba54e 8/11/2014 4:51:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNMP Service 29 KB
13 Status 0x395baf8ea14e8c14a2a9eedd13fc8ba0 7/31/2014 10:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
14 Status 0xcb30e3e36f299d93012dc697c6cc9404 7/28/2014 12:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
15 Status 0x57b48852e9cf6b1820c02ea8fc1c03bd 2/27/2013 3:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
16 Status 0xbd6fb587fe57419dcfd68a08748dcae2 1/18/2012 11:05:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2195.7112 SNMP Service 29 KB
17 Status 0x5bce13578dc7ad653433bc5b7578d7e1 1/18/2012 7:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
18 Status 0xe649d2345614e56249ce3f0b64849547 1/16/2012 11:43:00 AM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) SNMP Service 40 KB
19 Status 0xf8ebc2f7be889800df3728a16895a099 10/17/2011 11:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 39 KB
20 Status 0x9a2ae37799af2754fc6af87c75449b08 8/28/2011 3:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
21 Status 0xfd34ef52222e7eeb5d3f7756f3fa6833 8/19/2011 11:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
22 Status 0x341fb08c3ac2e10525625c2098b5766b 8/12/2011 9:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
23 Status 0xe86706550ab94dcf7d2e8cfa8683c285 8/11/2011 3:27:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) SNMP Service 29 KB
24 Status 0x8cd4eccb1122ef3e41c520d6c3b9699d 7/19/2011 10:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNMP Service 32 KB
25 Status 0xcdb9635496651556decf5a50623a4bee 7/16/2011 4:26:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3264 (xpsp.071130-0108) SNMP Service 32 KB


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