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What is communicator.exe? Communicator?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft Office Communicator
Vendor Website:      http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/communicator/default.aspx
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: Communicator.exe is software associated with Microsoft Office. It is used for instant messaging, voice, video, and a large range of communication methods.

communicator.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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communicator.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: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 20 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
communicator.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3267351124e831e7b8ac7c9c3cf6a28d 12/8/2016 8:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 4952 KB
2 Status 0x1510016f983452b4664c94480b9eac27 6/1/2015 12:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5039 KB
3 Status 0xc83d5485dc41f43d246dd4dd86960555 2/1/2015 7:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5601 KB
4 Status 0x0573680ec3e7c504454b7ec26857dc6b 1/14/2015 1:04:00 PM Unknown 2.0.6362.24 built by: lcs_se_ls2007_main Communicator 5581 KB
5 Status 0x123eadc790dbc9313246fc924de6488f 10/16/2014 2:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5601 KB
6 Status 0x267b28c6098bf50a42cb6dbcae5d4c25 9/16/2014 6:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5598 KB
7 Status 0x380485f6b790f74e73802139551304a8 9/3/2014 7:53:00 PM Unknown 2.0.6362.0 built by: lcs_se_ls2007_main Communicator 5667 KB
8 Status 0x2f7f1fead498fa5e1b700fd6eab1e92f 2/8/2012 12:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5031 KB
9 Status 0xada0b478b36a91cadd2df2fb070454d0 2/3/2012 8:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5596 KB
10 Status 0x7ea51acc5bf28e728f086e9c62f92aff 1/30/2012 7:58:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.225 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe(rtbldlab) Communicator 3809 KB
11 Status 0x3a9180a6da2675c512c91de303e38581 1/30/2012 7:45:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.226 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe(rtbldlab) Communicator 3809 KB
12 Status 0x361eb87c029b81e1ca13a0d2cdf92aa6 1/23/2012 1:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown Communicator 4996 KB
13 Status 0xf2424ee3e47400a0751b4f8e703b3d91 1/19/2012 2:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 3807 KB
14 Status 0x7db70e3f7912fa2ff85bad47d343d37e 1/14/2012 12:15:00 AM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5595 KB
15 Status 0xc3982059bea39ed3de48ff6a05dffd91 9/19/2011 3:45:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.0 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lccmain Communicator 4069 KB
16 Status 0x44e16c2de6c28885feb9400f228971b6 9/12/2011 8:26:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.224 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe(rtbldlab) Communicator 3809 KB
17 Status 0x57af614f24dee3a094ecdf366673cd3e 9/7/2011 7:21:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.218 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe(rtbldlab) Communicator 3809 KB
18 Status 0x834e4f1038fb0145d559c775e0eeea8b 7/29/2011 9:37:00 PM Unknown 2.0.6362.36 built by: lcs_se_ls2007_main Communicator 5586 KB
19 Status 0x0439a73f7d929ce086e36809f4c61473 7/29/2011 6:28:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.216 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe(rtbldlab) Communicator 3809 KB
20 Status 0x9882f994ec18facf5475fdd06ebc5949 6/25/2011 6:02:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.206 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe Communicator 3944 KB
21 Status 0x533cd0369ef5a92b9218529658de6427 6/21/2011 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 4994 KB
22 Status 0x3590aee33b24a1fa0689c11d3680f1f4 6/5/2011 8:58:00 AM Unknown 2.0.6362.13 built by: lcs_se_ls2007_main Communicator 5581 KB
23 Status 0x9a7fb402c58c65aed3952c90fe6d970a 4/20/2011 6:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 4954 KB
24 Status 0xdfc3551542ad569ea04f0be952335d31 3/30/2011 7:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Communicator 5591 KB
25 Status 0x3d4d2f91c811bcb090705eeb6d02d8a3 3/25/2011 3:30:00 PM Unknown 1.0.559.183 (RTC Version 4.3.5371.0) built by: lcs_se_istanbul_qfe Communicator 3806 KB


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