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What is launchu3.exe? LaunchU3.exe?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.u3.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: LaunchU3.exe - U3 smart drive utility launcher.

launchu3.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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launchu3.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
launchu3.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2c875b03541ffa970679986b48dca943 3/7/2018 3:50:00 PM Unknown 1.6.1.1 LaunchU3.exe 1305 KB
2 Status 0x0b7fdc9cc32a9b05d2497d2c8fa63739 11/20/2017 5:40:00 PM Unknown 1, 1, 0, 3 LaunchU3.exe 928 KB
3 Status 0x8083366c72cad08a12ef15903742ccd7 12/11/2016 8:37:00 PM Unknown 1, 4, 0, 2 LaunchU3.exe 1069 KB
4 Status 0x8210027e941fc645d4b84a88776b913b 10/4/2014 6:28:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 15, 15 LaunchU3.exe 900 KB
5 Status 0xbd2534156fd4f7feb8b369e58915219d 9/30/2014 1:16:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 14, 14 LaunchU3.exe 900 KB
6 Status 0x7c9afa1d3d4b9e26d4290b2476c3bcc5 7/10/2012 7:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1300 KB
7 Status 0x0ee97fe72eaf400585277f84081bc143 7/10/2012 1:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1381 KB
8 Status 0x96ee4aca9c772ccb9461083fce6268bc 1/10/2012 10:47:00 PM Unknown 1, 2, 0, 38 LaunchU3.exe 1084 KB
9 Status 0xb632d45d680ef08e657062a375556574 8/20/2011 9:11:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 13, 16 LaunchU3.exe 904 KB
10 Status 0xee926ecd94f86551a04de70e263edf63 5/4/2011 1:07:00 PM Unknown 1.5.0.4 LaunchU3.exe 1100 KB
11 Status 0x637b31d1a290605f0d9ff4259a9e0c81 3/11/2011 10:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 928 KB
12 Status 0xaf3543ed6f0acc75c1c12b094518b289 6/17/2010 6:41:00 PM Unknown 1, 4, 0, 7 LaunchU3.exe 1084 KB
13 Status 0x35bedff138c04a691e2d08fbc561dd92 10/31/2009 8:29:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 13, 12 LaunchU3.exe 904 KB
14 Status 0x722e3fc1d27531693816470f50ea476f 8/2/2009 11:28:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 14, 2 LaunchU3.exe 900 KB
15 Status 0xb6d848263d49aab3c243f2854f02065b 5/3/2009 4:51:00 PM Unknown 1, 2, 0, 9 LaunchU3.exe 1028 KB
16 Status 0x6ddab04e7e5a3348fa85b3452b4c56d1 1/7/2009 12:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1088 KB
17 Status 0x6e361ef6c89779e1b28b27e0f05cb120 11/22/2008 12:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1069 KB
18 Status 0xd20c84a5d19876caed9cf7cf9f5a754b 8/23/2008 11:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1309 KB
19 Status 0x45dd2569ebf1e9095eab82e02c591580 6/9/2008 12:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown LaunchU3.exe 1105 KB


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