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What is dlpwdnt.exe? Dell Status Monitor ?

Vendor:      Dell
Product:     Dell Status Monitor Service
Vendor Website:      http://www.dell.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: DLPWDNT.EXE - Part of the monitoring and communication service for Dell Color Laser Printers. Disabling will cause loss of functionality.

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


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dlpwdnt.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: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
dlpwdnt.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd8e66216822ce08266ae9a975a5e41bf 11/26/2017 7:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dell Status Monitor 113 KB
2 Status 0x60d88c67321865e45264c826e527158e 3/8/2017 1:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dell Status Monitor 113 KB
3 Status 0x41bd029f9221b2602724c229aedd1bd7 5/22/2016 11:57:00 PM Unknown 1.000.403.12 Dell Status Monitor 88 KB
4 Status 0xdf1c4d56bfa7d5231069a8d4ff818362 6/23/2015 9:34:00 PM Unknown 1.100.608.30 Dell Status Monitor 92 KB
5 Status 0x41d62e30c1276d721a3a9fe5a85981d9 3/23/2015 12:23:00 AM Unknown 1.100.511.10 Dell Status Monitor 88 KB
6 Status 0x3a461c87f0fdbc1ebb5e4e72dd021c74 9/15/2014 11:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Dell Status Monitor 113 KB
7 Status 0x74e5f109ac269b575a4ca7d4a843aef1 8/27/2011 5:08:00 PM Unknown 1.000.510.05 Dell Status Monitor 88 KB
8 Status 0xc148474c36886c87374a5cd17fe41219 7/26/2009 3:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Dell Status Monitor 108 KB


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