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What is alcmtr.exe? Realtek Event Monitor?

Vendor:      Realtek
Product:     Realtek AC97 Audio - Event Monitor
Vendor Website:      http://www.realtek.com.tw/
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.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: ALCMTR.EXE is installed with Realtek audio chips but is not needed.

alcmtr.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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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.08%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
alcmtr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x7ac6357a4e86d134aeedf1cd6a93da12 12/15/2016 8:08:00 PM Unknown 1.6 Realtek Event Monitor 64 KB
2 Status 0x8b4cbba1ea526830c7f97e7822e2493a 3/29/2016 11:14:00 PM Unknown 1.6.0.2 Realtek Event Monitor 68 KB
3 Status 0xc7c8b79223e36655d4f214aca885739c 12/27/2014 1:37:00 AM Unknown 1.5 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
4 Status 0xea438d679fd55612b195539971f90a1c 12/26/2014 2:49:00 AM Unknown 1.4 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
5 Status 0x163092f78c03419e6fe590130faff04f 12/21/2014 5:39:00 PM Unknown 1.3 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
6 Status 0xea31039e691c6f8f5469649526eea5fb 11/14/2014 9:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
7 Status 0xcea9fdf9d0cd7c026662acad8ab4aa0e 8/28/2014 1:59:00 PM Unknown 1.3 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
8 Status 0xcfdda70e320e12bd29f34cbceb3fb547 7/15/2012 5:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 124 KB
9 Status 0x78cb739158efe0d1dbb4198872c6d6ce 7/20/2011 8:58:00 AM Unknown 1.6 Realtek Event Monitor 68 KB
10 Status 0x5ba6ec2f9b8bd4d7d372c1cc6f3ee552 7/17/2011 11:37:00 PM Unknown 1.5 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
11 Status 0x26fed37efaa96062a4910626e8e7ba45 6/24/2011 10:41:00 AM Unknown 1.3 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
12 Status 0xd7a8887ae6b55f175f4acada91bff129 6/6/2011 12:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
13 Status 0xe2bf6dae25609edbdd45666510ebbc91 4/24/2011 4:10:00 AM Unknown 1.6 Realtek Event Monitor 56 KB
14 Status 0xc8c29057a43a4cf015eba0603d354516 9/11/2010 12:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 62 KB
15 Status 0xb8a6697dd91f865fd71162d1f3074bfb 5/10/2010 2:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 132 KB
16 Status 0x311d06c96a159c381cfacf3a655c3b5c 5/2/2010 9:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 62 KB
17 Status 0x189398992271d1676e07c7552e84fb97 4/1/2010 6:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 62 KB
18 Status 0xfcdb851a476c4e449d67c0e0e0b2b1fd 2/7/2010 3:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 62 KB
19 Status 0x0a6b4e44cca0948de15763dfb8ed4ed5 12/11/2009 5:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 112 KB
20 Status 0x47be36edb18a0550b0aef6e7a51072e9 10/4/2009 2:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 68 KB
21 Status 0xadccfc4bc7953deda98cf0a3c8b04796 7/23/2009 4:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 168 KB
22 Status 0xcd0fbc370a6bc796f0fd8feabb2ceb80 7/11/2009 6:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 68 KB
23 Status 0xd3f4798066c7abf7fa3b50cfa65985de 6/15/2009 10:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 68 KB
24 Status 0x8201269b09d3dc12089f91943fd2c29f 4/26/2009 4:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 88 KB
25 Status 0xc3d3020319dab4688bbdf455e5c8010e 10/28/2008 10:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Realtek Event Monitor 76 KB


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