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What is launch~1.exe? launcher?

Vendor:      Nokia
Product:     PC Suite
Vendor Website:      http://www.nokia.com/
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: LAUNCH~1.EXE - PCSuite Tray Application launcher.

launch~1.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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launch~1.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: 15 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
launch~1.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb22c27a51705c6d2b8176e90cf36208f 1/24/2012 5:29:00 PM Unknown 6, 81, 61, 4 launcher 224 KB
2 Status 0x8565a3bce1e003ec50d527592c18e78d 9/5/2011 6:32:00 PM Unknown 6, 70, 41, 5 launcher 212 KB
3 Status 0x47fe14fd96648ef07957b8cabf992313 8/1/2011 1:15:00 PM Unknown 6, 80, 53, 3 launcher 232 KB
4 Status 0x4c681acf3a6c313085a8c93b72facda0 12/11/2010 4:13:00 PM Unknown 6, 80, 53, 2 launcher 232 KB
5 Status 0x902995156db0eb3eda84eeb69521341c 1/3/2009 6:40:00 AM Unknown 6, 70, 41, 3 launcher 212 KB
6 Status 0x32844c50011252fe21ce1713946240a0 10/26/2008 7:21:00 PM Unknown 6, 50, 14, 6 launcher 164 KB
7 Status 0x5dc9c0ae08aa1e1ef34a1d49b44588c3 4/13/2008 11:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown launcher 224 KB


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