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What is cappactiveprotection.exe? CAPPActiveProtection.exe?

Vendor:      CA
Product:     CA Anti-Spyware
Vendor Website:      http://www.ca.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.
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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: CAPPActiveProtection.exe - CAPPActiveProtection.exe is the main executable of CA antispyware product, formerly Pest Patrol.

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


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cappactiveprotection.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
cappactiveprotection.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xdf051511e8687a5102faa2e72f554a35 11/8/2014 5:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB
2 Status 0xcd4a59c1d1799157966348c652aa7329 10/30/2014 5:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 325 KB
3 Status 0x38b1fcdbb33a6013db1b89e0a8d77a08 1/16/2012 2:59:00 AM Unknown 9, 1, 0, 2 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 213 KB
4 Status 0xdca117312ce9b4324635da67edcc1699 7/10/2011 10:23:00 AM Unknown 9, 0, 0, 12 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 203 KB
5 Status 0x09e4abaa2de4cade6c6988bf78895dec 4/12/2011 6:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB
6 Status 0x9f37247e2ddcb2e26e5082df4ccfd21c 12/25/2010 7:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB
7 Status 0x12f86ebd4f28559c4bc1ea01dbe31227 9/21/2010 12:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 325 KB
8 Status 0xf3954712306e362f9102635941034e7c 8/29/2010 11:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 325 KB
9 Status 0x6292d96c3f62e18f754b18c288142366 8/29/2010 11:40:00 PM Unknown 9, 0, 0, 17 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 207 KB
10 Status 0x992ce2936ad7dfbd3325cf2bd91e0a6f 8/27/2010 9:29:00 AM Unknown 9, 1, 0, 2 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 213 KB
11 Status 0x21478984b13c11934fafab4fa989ba41 6/22/2010 4:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 317 KB
12 Status 0xc1ac9f402282d31c64d105307d421dbe 5/22/2010 6:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 317 KB
13 Status 0xbb948e987f980b3f58f35279f03febe0 5/19/2010 1:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 325 KB
14 Status 0xfaae32e20b6e09a7d4acd7d73c22e75c 4/18/2010 1:00:00 AM Unknown 10.0.0.116 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 217 KB
15 Status 0x196ae0d48559f262382f5ff8bef6029d 3/25/2010 12:23:00 PM Unknown 10.0.0.157 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB
16 Status 0x0fa2f806a08b3dfa73b6abd4373c8a18 3/5/2010 4:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 313 KB
17 Status 0x0747068cf842630b2211cef26b75642c 2/15/2010 3:56:00 PM Unknown 10.0.0.95 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 217 KB
18 Status 0x85786d6e360d1bbc55ce152345cf4edf 1/4/2010 11:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 317 KB
19 Status 0x552a8e86e70984bb2e33e96617f1bcbb 11/7/2009 6:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 313 KB
20 Status 0x1ad766426b3d36cd4f38512831dac13d 11/2/2009 1:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB
21 Status 0xcc0aaa1b52f7efa30b964f5df9f8f01f 9/24/2009 1:40:00 AM Unknown 10.0.0.130 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 217 KB
22 Status 0x8dd1108fefcd2b15611e073a04bf88de 9/10/2009 3:11:00 AM Unknown 9, 0, 0, 17 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 209 KB
23 Status 0xdff9677ac98845f753ea071bc735671b 8/25/2009 11:22:00 PM Unknown 9, 1, 0, 2 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 213 KB
24 Status 0xdb61c8f7fe50e55d15a29c82b6579b16 7/28/2009 12:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown CAPPActiveProtection.exe 321 KB
25 Status 0x8b6a8d34fecd8523fa131022cc3ff02f 4/11/2009 1:43:00 AM Unknown 10.0.0.142 CAPPActiveProtection.exe 233 KB


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