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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



fsm32.exe (F-Secure Antivirus)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.42%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


In addition to the file name, fsm32.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:F-Secure Corporation
Product contains:F-Secure Management Agent

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.f-secure.com/products/anti-virus/


Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://startup.iamnotageek.com/srch-FSM32.EXE.html


Win Patrol

FSM32.EXE - F-Secure Antivirus program. Protects your computer against viruses and worms. Detects and removes spyware from your computer and includes E-mail scanning .

fsm32.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


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 fsm32.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
fsm32.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x0f2f4fdb7e1de09593fd7855d28f3e9b 116 KB
2 0xe1cecd298c56d0aebb0bd3b9cf50e3eb 116 KB
3 0x91204b62ae4e90caa0881e387904a33f 116 KB
4 0x2424cae40448bd06606576926346af52 120 KB
5 0x2cea96609c6291c0ed01eed6b2072c35 172 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x7d15f9dcf6f490c69d0bdfb41586fc8e 183208 bytes
7 0x06dbabb133a0ea71d2037ad00733127c 118832 bytes
8 0x509f47362a73e0853ddd73ac1f67f5e6 118832 bytes
9 0x855e795383bed05c481575bd0c1c0d37 122929 bytes
10 0x28cd0a379db1ee8c20b04b8ee5ffaf14 182936 bytes

Match #2



fsm32.exe (FSM32.EXE)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 9 MB


In addition to the file name, fsm32.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:F-Secure Corporation
Product contains:F-Secure Management Agent
File name contains:\Program Files\F-Secure\common\FSM32.EXE

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




Win Patrol

FSM32.EXE -

fsm32.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.




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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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