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alertservice.exe (Alert Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


In addition to the file name, alertservice.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:Intel
Product contains:Intel(R) Viiv(TM) Software

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.intel.com/products/viiv/index.htm



Win Patrol

AlertService.exe - Alert service for Intel Viiv digital media software.

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

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


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

Program Name MD5 Count
alertservice.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xc86d177967d27c80e466d4ed95c26db9 188416 bytes
2 0x937aad90e2264931909a151698eb6cb3 188416 bytes
3 0xd386c9bc5b11fa0e1fdfe1cb4afd2e92 195032 bytes
4 0x613ba3152b1b470fd7fb8f6f6c9d74d5 188416 bytes
5 0x79699ec13607af8ff94da39803e6fd9a 188416 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0xcf86f64a1aea27e5fa97e697bf70346d 223448 bytes
7 0xcf5359bc184cdc284b981efb1ba5d168 195032 bytes
8 0xf94fdc8577b04c23a08961b1a71ac93c 223704 bytes
9 0x03f000110c4aff6fee7036932e8ca7ea 188416 bytes
10 0xc70191ed377337881a9b9ea2b68da72d 217088 bytes


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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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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.

If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.