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cavrid.exe (Computer Associates International)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.64%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


In addition to the file name, cavrid.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:Inc.
Product is not specified
File name contains:\CA

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://home.ca.com/dr/sat1/ec_MAIN.Entry17c?CID=183319&SID=35715&SP=10007&PN=5&PID=693161&API1=65&API2=GOOGLE&API3=ez_an



Win Patrol

CAVRid.exe: EZ Antivirus (Computer Associates International) monitors your system, examining compressed files, macros, and .exe files. ** Path ** The Path must contain: \Yahoo!\Antivirus\ OR \CA Internet Security Suite\CA Anti-Virus\ OR \eTrust EZ Armor\eTrust EZ Antivirus\

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

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

Program Name MD5 Count
cavrid.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x23e0cf95671a7f786f3f2b332770ba42 221 KB
2 0x5567349037cce870aa186a9d8593267c 185 KB
3 0x02ca666e6ace67dd2fb36cc94a98b4b0 221 KB
4 0xa975ca42be503fc2ab121cd796ed64ab 181 KB
5 0x24d880d8593868dff0a9be345f5082d7 225 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x5d917848cf9419cd5069130dfea132fe 234760 bytes
7 0x29c61c68bc5049107a36da304f30d9f2 185456 bytes
8 0x1c61197d5a1926a6c3482877eb2ddcf6 226832 bytes
9 0x421dcac4d695a56958736a1b800423b1 525824 bytes
10 0x63855b8caa0a1e4046dfae0ff9654efb 222736 bytes


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Tips from the PitCrew

Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

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