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What is defwatch.exe? Norton AntiVirus?

Vendor:      Symantec Corporation
Product:     AntiVirus
Vendor Website:      http://www.symantec.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.
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: DefWatch.exe is part of Norton Antivirus, automatically updates virus signatures. Leave running.

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


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defwatch.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: 0.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
defwatch.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x6a0a8fe766943de793e6f03f4fe882dd 12/24/2016 7:36:00 AM Unknown 10.1.0.394 Norton AntiVirus 29 KB
2 Status 0x5d56a3e1ac32ea5c6b75134a797c52d2 7/15/2016 11:53:00 PM Unknown 8.00.00.9378 Norton AntiVirus 32 KB
3 Status 0x1f709c66d8aadff35530c56ee261c462 4/5/2016 5:20:00 PM Unknown 10.1.5.5000 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
4 Status 0x286ce2cadf7817fed1cace4925fff6d0 2/20/2016 4:59:00 AM Unknown 10.1.5.5001 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
5 Status 0x955924c3532efb803b0661b6aa516126 1/15/2016 10:19:00 PM Unknown 10.0.0.359 Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
6 Status 0x539a8a4b2450d5d1e8b55daaf318bc5c 8/27/2015 12:12:00 PM Unknown 10.1.0.396 Norton AntiVirus 29 KB
7 Status 0x18a3d117d077b1d7590853c5dac9ae07 4/29/2015 8:52:00 PM Unknown 8.1.1.314 Norton AntiVirus 32 KB
8 Status 0x132d92b46ccc7c4e055b781c825aafbd 3/22/2015 7:31:00 PM Unknown 10.0.0.857 Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
9 Status 0xa3985a8ded49f67e3e25d2d2921b4dac 3/9/2015 9:48:00 PM Unknown 9.0.0.338 Norton AntiVirus 29 KB
10 Status 0xf4ceed318f6669820a198b9498a88159 2/24/2015 8:12:00 AM Unknown 8.00.00.9374 Norton AntiVirus 32 KB
11 Status 0x929f2c62ea350785e3a2f40e97e78863 2/19/2015 9:58:00 PM Unknown 10.1.4.4000 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
12 Status 0xd31cad0a43b46cc1362f891e2130d91e 12/26/2014 7:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
13 Status 0xcc564a31a2e9f7ddb6de55848c3c0a0b 12/2/2014 12:38:00 AM Unknown 10.0.1.1000 Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
14 Status 0xf8146a2b29866884a6c785ff40eb38a9 11/29/2014 3:20:00 AM Unknown 8.1.0.825 Norton AntiVirus 32 KB
15 Status 0xf89d4add896ebe8dd24aa1c3a6cfa758 11/22/2014 5:11:00 PM Unknown 10.0.2.2002 Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
16 Status 0x1f6c675543d9d2c1cbcaeabd17f540a1 9/30/2014 7:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 29 KB
17 Status 0x1bcfdaff0e5ca8efa32295c94bc864e9 9/20/2014 5:56:00 PM Unknown 10.0.2.2000 Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
18 Status 0x6b126e2c4d694bc101bc1257bf4b415b 12/27/2012 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
19 Status 0xfde52ea78b912edb76f0c8c45fdf75c4 5/8/2012 5:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Norton AntiVirus 19 KB
20 Status 0xf679f16035b978c97b691f6f7f51c2ce 2/7/2012 2:53:00 PM Unknown 10.1.4.4010 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
21 Status 0x2a946f625d7be6ee1600c0de8d7cd0c6 2/5/2012 5:39:00 PM Unknown 10.1.6.6010 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
22 Status 0x9709d3d9e592d3217353f3fafe29faa3 2/5/2012 3:23:00 AM Unknown 10.1.6.6000 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
23 Status 0x7f7efcc3ef73160147b27a8270b4cb9e 2/2/2012 11:43:00 PM Unknown 10.1.7.7000 Norton AntiVirus 30 KB
24 Status 0xca5cfcdf32e0cff86bf2159d49cc85f2 2/2/2012 10:34:00 PM Unknown 8.1.1.323 Norton AntiVirus 32 KB
25 Status 0x64bfd65d2384521f2c55ea2d417a7275 1/27/2012 8:16:00 PM Unknown 9.0.3.1000 Norton AntiVirus 29 KB


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