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What is hostcontrolservice.exe? HostControlService.exe?

Vendor:      Broadcom Corporation
Product:     Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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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: HostControlService.exe -

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hostcontrolservice.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
hostcontrolservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x51e2327235379e0d4e31d71662a3d81f 12/27/2021 12:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 807 KB
2 Status 0x5b0c32a596fdd0aaa10e147e4d71e086 2/3/2021 12:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 789 KB
3 Status 0x9d57165906778c9e5e0ecb34b311564b 1/24/2018 3:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 789 KB
4 Status 0x3dcb48ebdd33e4d0e1e07f1751d7f767 7/20/2014 3:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
5 Status 0x41c8600837b42b68cd2058826a0f067c 3/13/2013 2:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
6 Status 0x097f4d3cb82c3e580cbb6eb1f544eae1 3/10/2013 9:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
7 Status 0x8e6d15d632b7bbdfa6cb9319efaa8fd5 1/15/2013 8:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
8 Status 0x9dfd638360acf82eb93738ea413d1215 4/23/2012 9:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
9 Status 0xeee8f52c50c6412bd741a2f2f289f918 2/26/2012 7:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 789 KB
10 Status 0x6ae7cbe46d1c6f92b5e037e4de89c441 2/20/2012 2:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
11 Status 0x61de60499a736347a912b884f1a58856 2/3/2012 12:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 806 KB
12 Status 0x85d37efa93b2267ab6abf8a54735ab22 1/27/2012 10:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 789 KB
13 Status 0xe5e7a3bea7033479d205ca5048fe4fe8 1/20/2012 10:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 793 KB
14 Status 0x848b1cdfd08a943dfc27158124c6d56d 8/20/2010 4:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Broadcom - Host Control Service 789 KB


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