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What is bdtupdateservice.exe? Browser Defender Tool?

Vendor:      Threat Expert
Product:     Browser Defender
Vendor Website:      http://www.pctools.com
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: BDTUpdateService.exe is a component of Brower Defender a product of PC Tools. It is require to provide regular updates to identify safe web sites from bad malicious sites.

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


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bdtupdateservice.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: 0.12%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 20 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
bdtupdateservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xe895280b396456393540c90efae0bde4 5/31/2015 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
2 Status 0x219809f3377c88a5a905e27e6e44213f 9/18/2014 10:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 109 KB
3 Status 0xec1347231188eeee8fa2fa89d273f700 9/25/2012 6:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 529 KB
4 Status 0x7effccd7b6ea4d3428f5b3ace8de8f5a 7/28/2012 6:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 561 KB
5 Status 0xce37210c345f6c8b019625a1fbc8a011 7/11/2012 7:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 561 KB
6 Status 0x7229b58039d5a9338ad633e8ab60619c 6/2/2012 3:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 561 KB
7 Status 0x2e2e5e86d972dc3f72d345dc5f795895 5/29/2012 2:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 561 KB
8 Status 0x9d5fd177db76a7f5d6b8678870820d3c 4/24/2012 11:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 557 KB
9 Status 0x335219836821cb675533ab4731779754 3/8/2012 10:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 537 KB
10 Status 0xf2dddf1e0c0c9c1122e45d1993cf92c9 2/8/2012 2:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 241 KB
11 Status 0xa2e9bde9fc118ae3a4df2c5a7fd6cbcb 2/7/2012 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 529 KB
12 Status 0x8ffafd696f94ec213bc6ad47008127ea 2/7/2012 2:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 533 KB
13 Status 0x6fb2eb796d1017eda57bdf7092e8e11c 2/7/2012 4:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
14 Status 0x624fd301a77022f995742840e2a3f736 2/6/2012 5:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 533 KB
15 Status 0x703a815f29fbd618d1a516bf5335bc1a 2/4/2012 10:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 241 KB
16 Status 0xe3c4cb3cc0bee58ff323c46debcd0251 2/2/2012 1:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
17 Status 0x21fa3e51618ff8e2f4b29964abc5884f 1/29/2012 3:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 109 KB
18 Status 0xe72d84e14e20233ef18d727e75f192ce 1/28/2012 9:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
19 Status 0xeb60b50861414657121a2741ed6bdedc 1/27/2012 10:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 109 KB
20 Status 0xb715096179d63b88c5948b9a7eeb1088 9/19/2011 11:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
21 Status 0xc6b40dbc558a6cec5832c34a1854aa2a 9/19/2011 4:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 329 KB
22 Status 0x7e104343a9f28cae50ee2f388fec049e 9/16/2011 2:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 229 KB
23 Status 0x45836e3932ed2166ad823b85b0f715be 8/22/2011 8:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 193 KB
24 Status 0xea07b966b4412d5c59ace7feca17380d 8/1/2011 7:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 109 KB
25 Status 0x8b33a91d408e80fbb53bd8479d344c54 7/6/2011 7:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Browser Defender Tool 229 KB


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