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What is ares.exe? Ares.exe?

Vendor:      Official Ares
Product:     Ares p2p for windows
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: Ares.exe -

ares.exe is returning insufficient information about this program.


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ares.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 14 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ares.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x022a9fd4845ace6ef000c5e26bf31592 7/24/2018 7:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 932 KB
2 Status 0xc796ac1332cc47940fb877cf9c2ceb49 12/17/2016 2:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 992 KB
3 Status 0x47fa7037c5e70beafb6a480ca0efe5a0 12/7/2015 2:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 3344 KB
4 Status 0x1eccb213174fe23dd22b9b6694176fe2 11/27/2014 1:24:00 PM Unknown 2.0.3.3024 Ares Galaxy 943 KB
5 Status 0x541dd18e2e54c924868888c8f01ff81c 3/27/2013 1:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 2929 KB
6 Status 0x7d11d77c1db9875ed7703d1a69d3db54 2/3/2013 1:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 3233 KB
7 Status 0x662ae24f61fd3020f93f40b74c73f110 1/14/2012 9:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 992 KB
8 Status 0xdb01c4d8169f8baef5f04d2513c7ec73 10/17/2011 11:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 1003 KB
9 Status 0xd1ea7694103f5d5cf11148f9b3864c45 9/17/2011 7:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 981 KB
10 Status 0x080007e37a5e4e75cba5dfade1558aaa 8/1/2011 1:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 867 KB
11 Status 0x7fcceae63129a1a38d6a608f177d3cda 7/18/2011 1:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 960 KB
12 Status 0xd7d6e683aec35e6aa664738e339c4e9f 7/14/2011 4:49:00 PM Unknown 2.0.9.3030 Ares Galaxy 940 KB
13 Status 0xe37eb790eb55ad590a3ad3dfb6687a10 6/12/2011 12:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 932 KB
14 Status 0x7622ca0bae67e906f1e0925f5d40514e 5/5/2011 7:19:00 PM Unknown 2.0.9.3030 Ares Galaxy 939 KB
15 Status 0x471b925e1848ed423f479c1336d5d7dc 4/22/2011 7:21:00 PM Unknown 2.0.5.3026 Ares Galaxy 945 KB
16 Status 0xd2c26638c5b00446c66b30f218f83af2 4/11/2011 7:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 861 KB
17 Status 0xe55d974f16bc9f19cc51bac6f0c54954 4/10/2011 5:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 1003 KB
18 Status 0x87e7b120f8f7a38ed2cc0c61b7e8e012 4/9/2011 2:13:00 AM Unknown 2.0.9.3030 Ares Galaxy 938 KB
19 Status 0x132227d553c8261c501080c10a9cd24f 4/1/2011 5:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 872 KB
20 Status 0xe55ec571499189b1d1918ddeb90c77a0 3/7/2011 3:51:00 PM Unknown 2.0.9.3030 Ares Galaxy 940 KB
21 Status 0x045550e6eb07f653ae4b40db92bf1f7b 2/14/2011 5:43:00 PM Unknown 2.0.8.3029 Ares Galaxy 925 KB
22 Status 0x507bd1e6d865159910e4154c46e01295 2/11/2011 5:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 873 KB
23 Status 0x2aa4a27b83103eaaae37412ece4a5898 12/21/2010 8:47:00 PM Unknown 1.9.0.3006 Ares Galaxy 1201 KB
24 Status 0x07fb981f0925a56c4d43525cd24afab7 12/20/2010 3:14:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.3805 Ares Galaxy 2903 KB
25 Status 0x9e532180d8142eb4ca959b807f796650 12/19/2010 8:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ares Galaxy 865 KB


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