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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



astsrv.exe (Nalpeiron Licensing Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.13%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


In addition to the file name, astsrv.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:Nalpeiron Ltd.
Product contains:Nalpeiron License Management

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.nalpeiron.com/



Win Patrol

HijackThis:

O23 - Service: Nalpeiron Licensing Service (ASTSRV) - Nalpeiron Ltd. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\ASTSRV.EXE

Belongs to Nalpeiron License Management.

astsrv.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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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 astsrv.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
astsrv.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xc22979554c76e5c5bdc84aa1a54e2468 69632 bytes
2 0x9559bf0a1d6dcad83a316fa1e31a755b 57344 bytes
3 0x0c83fc56707bf68db04947052a8188b1 57344 bytes
4 0x1bb5cc464a68696e77fcc4c097a0e7b4 77824 bytes
5 0x6fcda7645b64ee193b69c5d758f401cd 61760 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x078c1b9b7973fb458852382253ed253a 61760 bytes
7 0x07642769a36cf22007f48faf8a547a44 61760 bytes
8 0xf471b5cc58254465d2b3b2c54fefeebe 77824 bytes
9 0xf7ded3e6cfe99089863fac0e9662447c 61760 bytes
10 0xc9aa946234013ca4c4b6108ba231947c 61760 bytes

Match #2



astsrv.exe (AstSrv.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


In addition to the file name, astsrv.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:Advanced Software Technologies
Product contains:A.S.T Copy Protection
File name contains:\WINDOWS\system32\AstSrv.exe

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




Win Patrol

AstSrv.exe -

astsrv.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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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.

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