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What is alsvc.exe? ALsvc.exe?

Vendor:      Sophos Limited
Product:     Sophos AutoUpdate
Vendor Website:     
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: ALsvc.exe -

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alsvc.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
alsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb5774835a13b5ed31378aabd07746262 5/10/2012 3:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 227 KB
2 Status 0xe4a3cffd81b4169128f187729e137417 2/8/2012 3:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 225 KB
3 Status 0xac01d2f8c4e2c9bbc2989af7977a3f8d 9/16/2011 11:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 225 KB
4 Status 0xa2fc88dc4f21c7bb8693955d5e8d3dbb 8/9/2011 9:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 168 KB
5 Status 0xa2849270ec7dd00008fa063b19380cea 8/7/2011 1:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 171 KB
6 Status 0xeee9e1702e8d20f532776c88b3818a8c 7/13/2011 10:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 168 KB
7 Status 0x94b9f02409cf85feb49d88838032ccc0 5/4/2011 10:22:00 PM Unknown 3.7.18.131 AutoUpdate 168 KB
8 Status 0xe569ad61ad42f35ca80e846c33944120 3/31/2011 4:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 168 KB
9 Status 0xb4f4e976ed409979ce9a579f6b8dadb0 3/8/2011 9:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 168 KB
10 Status 0x11757eef6d88499a83bcef9a842edb21 2/10/2011 8:04:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 AutoUpdate 116 KB
11 Status 0xf96a8ea41ff705a437fe676b21bd86ab 11/1/2010 2:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 217 KB
12 Status 0x8ebe94b7997f4324a9895f3a7895a75d 4/3/2010 7:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 124 KB
13 Status 0xe2c618ae60c00bab7846b2245ac1291a 1/8/2010 6:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 160 KB
14 Status 0xfc637b69a57f1fee6272edd7f9d070d4 11/15/2009 10:12:00 PM Unknown 3.7.19.161 AutoUpdate 168 KB
15 Status 0x739f722380763e6517720f5f28498fa1 8/24/2009 2:59:00 AM Unknown 3.6.17.119 AutoUpdate 160 KB
16 Status 0x2278983e803afd3e3decb47326813c4d 7/19/2009 4:17:00 PM Unknown 3.7.18.129 AutoUpdate 164 KB
17 Status 0x4dd29acb5d8c4d26634655dbc36a88fd 5/14/2009 5:50:00 PM Unknown 3.7.18.121 AutoUpdate 160 KB
18 Status 0xba9cf99adb30442204d754043bd86938 5/1/2009 11:15:00 AM Unknown 3.7.18.121 AutoUpdate 160 KB
19 Status 0x3fe34d14e661fc143127cc6f44095f19 10/16/2008 7:33:00 PM Unknown 3.4.17.8 AutoUpdate 124 KB
20 Status 0x996f6c7d644c7c4055e2671b2e5b06a6 9/23/2008 9:55:00 PM Unknown 3.4.15.8 AutoUpdate 124 KB
21 Status 0x0be2e98eea68749bccc2ce9134e725a3 3/28/2008 10:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown AutoUpdate 124 KB
22 Status 0x523179507c7ed5a5b31633a93d8ea368 12/31/2007 Unknown 3.7.18.131 AutoUpdate 168 KB
23 Status 0x39ab53edf0684bbb787a4afc516f6ce1 12/31/2007 Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 AutoUpdate 116 KB


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