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What is bubble.exe? Windows SteadyState?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Windows SteadyState - Bubble Messages
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx
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: Bubble.exe - Part of Windows SteadyState.

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


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bubble.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
bubble.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x68695729109ec22325f3ed5c87c5058f 9/30/2014 3:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows SteadyState 178 KB
2 Status 0xc57bee688834c9f946e174d1cadccb3b 1/13/2012 1:32:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.3370 (vista_rtm(wmbla).070605-1549) Windows SteadyState 62 KB
3 Status 0x9c33969108f33a8ffa00be1ab7d5c1fe 6/10/2009 9:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows SteadyState 174 KB
4 Status 0x3e3415a830aaad3c7a7670cd24ab7a04 3/15/2009 4:45:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.4163 (vista_rtm(wmbla).071112-1310) Windows SteadyState 75 KB
5 Status 0x6dc791cff9591bc659734cd92933508c 1/20/2009 9:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows SteadyState 172 KB
6 Status 0xd12aa2c94e6a5ddda35d033965675816 12/31/2007 Unknown 2.02.001 Windows SteadyState 2340 KB
7 Status 0x3992f8c0af052506af4d648f87236dac 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.1.2600.3370 (vista_rtm(wmbla).070605-1549) Windows SteadyState 64 KB


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