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What is arpwrmsg.exe? MCE "Away Mode"?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     ARPowerMsg
Vendor Website:      http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902437
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.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: ARPWRMSG.EXE - Part of the "Away Mode" support for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

arpwrmsg.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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arpwrmsg.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: 0.08%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
arpwrmsg.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb596347a26dc054ebb44eb3bc8e95b0a 6/22/2016 2:24:00 AM Unknown 6.0.0160.0 MCE "Away Mode" 75 KB
2 Status 0x9282601aa39b82197384fd51cb42f279 10/29/2010 7:20:00 PM Unknown 6.0.0160.0 MCE "Away Mode" 75 KB
3 Status 0xb6cffb67c66383d80f464055b34f0098 4/4/2010 3:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown MCE "Away Mode" 75 KB
4 Status 0xdf50333693b6b35437446d7dbdd7f468 7/10/2009 10:11:00 PM Unknown 6.0.0160.0 MCE "Away Mode" 75 KB
5 Status 0x563dc1a62b09bd4ba4223b713c132eeb 4/22/2009 9:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown MCE "Away Mode" 95 KB
6 Status 0x4a7249035ee70634c73d74623cff3211 2/17/2009 9:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown MCE "Away Mode" 92 KB
7 Status 0xb5e4a6ced6c609599504862508221c35 6/12/2008 9:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown MCE "Away Mode" 95 KB
8 Status 0xacea3e37dd7fe535dbc1082511cfdba5 12/31/2007 Unknown 6.0.0160.0 MCE "Away Mode" 131 KB
9 Status 0x6cbbc55e6fc9164e75543d444ad058f0 12/31/2007 Unknown 6.0.0160.0 MCE "Away Mode" 83 KB


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