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What is msascui.exe? Windows Defender?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows Defender
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
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: MSASCui.exe is part of Windows Defender antispyware.

msascui.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


msascui.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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msascui.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: 1.29%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
msascui.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x2642aa91abf53f528b943da5a4c50094 11/29/2014 8:58:00 PM Unknown 1.1.1592.0 Windows Defender 846 KB
2 Status 0x00ae921321342ce7b16abe10d316e9f2 2/9/2011 5:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
3 Status 0x658401cd6b9a7b78c0c247be024e5fc0 12/21/2010 4:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 980 KB
4 Status 0xab357480bd6f5d6f6f6cde565974d5a8 2/3/2010 5:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 984 KB
5 Status 0xd848863a0bd838df48ce96ef506f7bb2 1/24/2010 7:40:00 PM Unknown 1.1.1593.0 Windows Defender 846 KB
6 Status 0x32d77118fe900aff40496bce63e9398c 1/20/2010 12:39:00 AM Unknown 1.1.1505.0 Windows Defender 980 KB
7 Status 0xb0b02fb825bd81039ac565f1ca4072a1 1/1/2010 9:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 984 KB
8 Status 0xe58737e5a899fa21c068ef288d1391c2 12/21/2009 3:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 982 KB
9 Status 0xc393af5e9c2cae1af59d3a157ed054c4 12/10/2009 11:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
10 Status 0x8b5ca9af249a30693f3d5b40120bbe40 11/26/2009 12:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
11 Status 0xdd0f69764e440c601c5a4c2aa6da12af 11/8/2009 9:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 886 KB
12 Status 0x3207bba7a51043ff2c5d64df4c3b6310 11/8/2009 7:33:00 PM Unknown 1.1.1347.0 Windows Defender 759 KB
13 Status 0xe38d002b816b7aeeaae9fe3a36add561 11/8/2009 11:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
14 Status 0x61ad93be2323b31ea60c616ee3abbb45 10/31/2009 9:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
15 Status 0x48d9a43ee97ba3f0019125f9b8a1f8f2 10/14/2009 1:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 914 KB
16 Status 0xb8ef8b7917d05cdd26753930dad5868c 10/11/2009 3:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 922 KB
17 Status 0xa017d69295da115e9a1ead73b14ed25f 9/5/2009 6:18:00 PM Unknown 1.1.1600.0 Windows Defender 984 KB
18 Status 0x686c68eaeca8ea568901675ac588010a 7/11/2009 12:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 984 KB
19 Status 0x6e905efbd3af21766a1ef401bba01a16 7/9/2009 3:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 984 KB
20 Status 0x2a01dad981e61ef796e80de239f5e6d6 6/7/2009 5:31:00 PM Unknown 1.1.1600.0 Windows Defender 984 KB
21 Status 0xc22f3315d41c1c1d71149d7c0034f642 5/31/2009 4:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
22 Status 0x9e1ebcdfadbf830a9af9f60edeacea9c 5/12/2009 8:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB
23 Status 0x3e9c9bdd2385295107abc05454ec384e 4/26/2009 3:36:00 AM Unknown 1.1.1505.0 Windows Defender 980 KB
24 Status 0x5400898f532a24809b72674417c95225 4/17/2009 12:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 984 KB
25 Status 0xbde0e400585f528da342ae1276b99e5a 4/14/2009 2:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Windows Defender 846 KB


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