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What is hwmonitor.exe? CPUID Hardware Monitor?

Vendor:      CPUID
Product:     CPUID Hardware Monitor
Vendor Website:      http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php
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: According to CPUID:

HWMonitor is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.

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


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hwmonitor.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hwmonitor.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xe073f673e3136d93fe4f6d41c9aa5444 11/19/2017 7:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1747 KB
2 Status 0x500e925c46b0925c204ed040465bd958 10/21/2017 4:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1747 KB
3 Status 0x47eed5721d0ac92734b323fdea6a2239 5/24/2017 7:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1723 KB
4 Status 0x2154f9b2dd4ae639d94f0cf74a9c8f28 12/13/2014 11:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1346 KB
5 Status 0xbdca212286cbaaa06aa01689b3c8fc13 6/9/2013 6:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1382 KB
6 Status 0xcf999e89312a2b7409bd32d7203339ae 11/14/2012 5:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1361 KB
7 Status 0xa5e0d0349e51923efc8c584c4865fd8e 7/10/2012 8:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1347 KB
8 Status 0xfe9ca95f023370bfc9e164483ba73caf 2/8/2012 3:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1138 KB
9 Status 0x19f15a79638d1f939da6a6e726c2cb6e 2/2/2012 3:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1347 KB
10 Status 0x5e3aefde579e176c797e1e7d90a9c404 8/9/2011 1:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1208 KB
11 Status 0x4c444d8207bfe9b4d0c670df5b89f0be 8/1/2011 7:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1138 KB
12 Status 0x46893b31adae14600c03b866248aa49d 7/9/2011 2:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1148 KB
13 Status 0x44c770c043bee3f989b7d77a26e1dbdb 5/4/2011 2:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1248 KB
14 Status 0xf7a44a6df2accc74db0c381e15e69ffc 1/7/2011 12:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1248 KB
15 Status 0xdf5155d0994d90009963900ee0e45770 11/26/2010 12:39:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 6, 0 CPUID Hardware Monitor 720 KB
16 Status 0xa91ebfecce886fd4c2664cc58aa85f1f 11/15/2010 10:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1342 KB
17 Status 0x8ebaf370336e95f73787b905f6d24483 9/25/2010 12:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 1188 KB
18 Status 0xb64ba225a984c7b1b742cea55a9469b1 4/27/2010 8:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown CPUID Hardware Monitor 756 KB


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