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Process Library

  
PC Pitstop Libraries > Process Library > 3cdminic.exe

3cdminic.exe (3CDMINIC.EXE)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB

PC Pitstop Analysis

3CDMINIC.EXE - Desktop Managemnt Interface for 3Com NIC's.

Recommendation

Win Patrol

3cdminic.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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.


Identification

In addition to the file name, 3cdminic.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.

Vendor contains:3Com
Product contains:3Com DMI Agent

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

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 3cdminic.exe, we have detected 8 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
3cdminic.exe8
#MD5Size
10x2af2959cae13ae6335a4405e5b29c805114688 bytes
20x433ec5aa899d87d93dc45e9f1b912a21114688 bytes
30x2532feaccff6b0e8356d243932573608101376 bytes
40xc623f4e66b81af9d3acf8d5036acf430114688 bytes
50xa0d6dd86be8ce2ebd7500c5bffa82e59110592 bytes
60x724646ec364f03e7a1ea17e5a9642bc1110592 bytes
70x5f67cb7fa79d59a096e4565e1ed71a1d100864 bytes
80xd814470f7578693811b88b7d68079e4b101888 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. 3cdminic.exe (3CDMINIC.EXE) has been seen on 0.01% 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 1 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.3com.com/index2.html

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/3CDMINIC.EXE-64.html

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.