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What is nicserv.exe? Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.linksys.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: NICServ.exe - Linksys wireless router configuration utility.

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


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nicserv.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
nicserv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x6fc277793d4cbdeaee0121eda6905661 6/11/2018 7:12:00 AM Unknown 1.1.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 445 KB
2 Status 0xb76dbf1b3b4fb4bfcc5a166ce1d4476b 1/19/2012 10:19:00 PM Unknown 1.2.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 518 KB
3 Status 0xc803c2d8e1c4080163af7b24eab0087d 1/19/2012 1:25:00 PM Unknown 1.1.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 448 KB
4 Status 0xebd9fba350db6baba71b6be30c9939e4 9/17/2011 11:32:00 AM Unknown 1.1.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 442 KB
5 Status 0x0a0f79e34075453321b232f048d35f60 8/17/2011 2:34:00 PM Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 431 KB
6 Status 0x6d1a61ccd39ceabc51b41de9b4139791 6/18/2011 4:27:00 AM Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 431 KB
7 Status 0x870bf28a2eef124beca773148c0b4bcf 4/16/2011 1:26:00 PM Unknown 1.1.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 517 KB
8 Status 0xdda25eb165b1bece3a74227278fbc603 3/21/2011 3:15:00 AM Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 431 KB
9 Status 0xa89c2555b6a17fd42320c9a27d3b813d 12/18/2010 9:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 446 KB
10 Status 0xbd1c5e5f280ff117feb061420b139f7a 4/11/2010 11:34:00 AM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 431 KB
11 Status 0x8a110144f24d150283dee188f8ffcc72 3/14/2010 5:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 454 KB
12 Status 0x11d1c9963b476e6993c854f2173f4839 9/1/2009 3:28:00 PM Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 431 KB
13 Status 0x3e106cbd2abb617900303d9c2c1809db 5/14/2009 7:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 536 KB
14 Status 0xecdc59e2537fc5f6070b15bb68821e59 2/27/2009 11:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 463 KB
15 Status 0x41fd6301c99abc062f9d10f71213adef 11/30/2008 5:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 447 KB
16 Status 0x8d0b9bc41a7ea85f78c1665577f9d6a9 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.1.0.0 Wireless-G Notebook Adapter\ 445 KB


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