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What is installservice.exe? Netscape InstallService?

Vendor:      Netscape
Product:     Netscape Internet Service
Vendor Website:      http://www.netscape.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: InstallService.exe - Installer for Netscape Internet Service. Does not need to run in the background. May be started when needed.

installservice.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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installservice.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: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
installservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xc454688fd1b09ffb179d03c5ea6dfbb5 4/12/2015 8:40:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.4 InstallService 169 KB
2 Status 0x0ede8927ba6d3ffa74dca22465801eeb 2/5/2012 7:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Netscape InstallService 107 KB
3 Status 0x184c9ec5d03a4946792ca589a7e02e31 7/14/2011 12:59:00 AM Unknown 3.0.0.4 InstallService 169 KB
4 Status 0x2339043dd5215c7c22a11d8f99cc3f36 5/18/2011 2:14:00 AM Unknown 3.0.1.1 InstallService 107 KB
5 Status 0xcf204876dc47d59d13ee0ebd1e7ae70d 7/20/2010 11:52:00 PM Unknown Netscape InstallService 176 KB
6 Status 0x49a8e091389feea820165299f9321560 7/18/2010 10:54:00 PM Unknown 3.0.0.4 InstallService 169 KB
7 Status 0xad51bafda0acb9e451cf39a15e3a9453 3/21/2010 11:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Netscape InstallService 107 KB
8 Status 0x0fc2ddcea5fbdbe3b0c96386b5a0a537 7/12/2009 12:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown Netscape InstallService 849 KB
9 Status 0x8e4c31144c25f7327cb0a6d1de64ef11 3/28/2009 9:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Netscape InstallService 169 KB


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