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What is agent.exe? Automatic Updater?

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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: agent.exe - An automatic updates client written by Installshield Corporation, used by several companies including McAfee, Cisco, Intuit, and CyberLink. Most likely a legitimate program, you will have to look at the install directory to ascertain what product is using the program.

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


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agent.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.28%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
agent.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x660420aeab9f7e705a437d164653d06e 4/11/2022 2:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 1373 KB
2 Status 0xad42411b8352b49124eb13e5c143ed2e 10/9/2021 11:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 0 KB
3 Status 0x0826f139e35edbe6064797a68564812e 10/2/2021 12:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 1412 KB
4 Status 0xe970929b7fc9ce646a78b5ecabaf9136 4/16/2019 2:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 1125 KB
5 Status 0xe1a9d119d8ac19f2c3ae4c741680b8d0 1/17/2019 3:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 39 KB
6 Status 0xb738c9eb50a94d22a0259b340a97b8a4 6/29/2018 10:09:00 AM Unknown 4, 10, 100, 25539 Automatic Updater 568 KB
7 Status 0x9c19caae214ad5dcd143fd0aba65e234 6/16/2018 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 293 KB
8 Status 0xdeda6cfc126fe3b6b35f8870f3e1ec28 2/18/2018 4:56:00 PM Unknown 4, 50, 100, 33433 Automatic Updater 604 KB
9 Status 0xc8a83db15e1cb8922efe7052533a25d2 12/19/2017 1:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 0 KB
10 Status 0x14df5d1ac19135133c0ef4dc9f2bf321 12/3/2017 3:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 1121 KB
11 Status 0x2dcb5abe60984701af96a76b6749148a 11/19/2017 10:38:00 PM Unknown 3, 20, 100, 1123 Automatic Updater 500 KB
12 Status 0x9a693d57f6bf201cc12048751be06dc8 11/19/2017 1:57:00 AM Unknown 4.2 Automatic Updater 11751 KB
13 Status 0xa325c1dde8913d168905408e89c0be08 11/10/2017 5:29:00 PM Unknown 4, 60, 100, 37068 Automatic Updater 604 KB
14 Status 0x97e0a6c61554927d0ef3e081ff510353 8/10/2017 1:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 38 KB
15 Status 0x1e5b9201721d9b687546a982323c030e 4/20/2017 11:30:00 PM Unknown 6, 0, 100, 54472 Automatic Updater 968 KB
16 Status 0x77a9702b15f85eae57848fd0a64ac00e 4/3/2017 8:14:00 PM Unknown 3, 10, 100, 1146 Automatic Updater 460 KB
17 Status 0x5e8764e9583db16dd17239332de01270 3/3/2017 9:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 864 KB
18 Status 0xcc2af4ea32a61c1df04437890523fced 3/2/2017 5:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 0 KB
19 Status 0x9138e5c7fb95a70030324edb430bf4b3 1/9/2017 12:43:00 AM Unknown 3, 20, 100, 1123 Automatic Updater 500 KB
20 Status 0xbf1da8bab68ee6078bf5c319a2a2d97a 9/6/2016 2:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 293 KB
21 Status 0x2b9bdae7e1e20cf0b07dc0df7a2278ba 6/30/2016 12:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 36 KB
22 Status 0x184ade410b293ac65a71d601914f4800 6/14/2016 9:33:00 AM Unknown 3, 00, 100, 1165 Automatic Updater 436 KB
23 Status 0x70b997b168ae99c900b3f6b00fb231d3 5/31/2016 7:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 59 KB
24 Status 0x0282659e84040c2143f2c2790f8faa32 5/29/2016 4:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 313 KB
25 Status 0x6eb71445346dcbe899a5761db498e06d 5/26/2016 7:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Automatic Updater 0 KB


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