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What is osd.exe? On-Screen Display?

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: OSD.exe provides a tray icon to let you change display settings. This program has been reported to cause some compatibility problems with games and certain video drivers; since you can easily change display settings through Control Panel | Display you should disable the icon using MSConfig.

osd.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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osd.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.25%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
osd.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb1361669bdc6ed612c35b7c67ada2240 6/11/2020 7:05:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 5 On-Screen Display 116 KB
2 Status 0xb7daa769f6a6865b2ec9c08404367475 1/22/2018 10:21:00 PM Unknown 2.02 On-Screen Display 88 KB
3 Status 0xba2152949aee6549d60f8497c011e22a 1/29/2017 7:24:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 2 On-Screen Display 152 KB
4 Status 0x43dec10107a8a55249f993ab7608cb64 1/12/2017 3:21:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 272 KB
5 Status 0xdfa1067ea4157bcccfd48f052066a076 12/12/2016 9:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 340 KB
6 Status 0xc7ce120295829bc75c4e85043af58c2e 11/29/2016 4:11:00 PM Unknown 2.02 On-Screen Display 88 KB
7 Status 0x5c5cbf3b9b16c09a504a0fa2cc6f81c4 8/13/2016 9:59:00 PM Unknown 3.1.4 On-Screen Display 184 KB
8 Status 0x6148f28d5b612d1773833139ead780e6 9/20/2015 6:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 484 KB
9 Status 0x64ccc736f15aa4c644a67a7b51e19665 8/16/2015 11:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 521 KB
10 Status 0x53ad70854369c3f0bd386131c42d3ee3 7/5/2015 7:57:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 0 On-Screen Display 268 KB
11 Status 0x69a9addbbd2cb1bc62e4955267e3abf5 5/3/2015 4:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 504 KB
12 Status 0x16082a9da1cc9ae954fecf96a8faa9c6 12/7/2014 12:54:00 AM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 3 On-Screen Display 176 KB
13 Status 0x57e48e299bd2ed12e25eee1992701bcc 11/25/2014 8:08:00 PM Unknown 2.02 On-Screen Display 88 KB
14 Status 0x6e4c400479bdcb4929b148bf0891731c 10/29/2014 4:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 1827 KB
15 Status 0x014c98b8dea56eaa22c52d0bfdda498c 9/8/2014 10:22:00 PM Unknown 3.1.6 On-Screen Display 184 KB
16 Status 0x372d929acd059e20029d7a21a1e4583c 7/16/2014 8:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 368 KB
17 Status 0x4b2d8384a9e3827dd7183edb946d1559 6/27/2014 7:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 3543 KB
18 Status 0xbe34afef739b0c9f419f16770da923e8 11/2/2013 2:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 640 KB
19 Status 0xc1d5b49ef4ec1b8f84249348ffc77750 7/27/2013 11:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 290 KB
20 Status 0x10549232ebb454d467ea9bf37247ac03 7/16/2013 7:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown On-Screen Display 510 KB
21 Status 0x32f59787a1039e3b6c1f8503405acb59 2/6/2012 12:57:00 AM Unknown 2.02 On-Screen Display 88 KB
22 Status 0x18a9aeede67172c04a469e4a2fc22e3b 2/2/2012 9:58:00 PM Unknown 2.01 On-Screen Display 84 KB
23 Status 0x9f7128f4b6cb982dfae6af879cb924fa 1/30/2012 2:34:00 AM Unknown 2.02 On-Screen Display 88 KB
24 Status 0x2262dbda9d00b4420375a592dade2853 1/28/2012 7:01:00 PM Unknown 2.01 On-Screen Display 88 KB
25 Status 0x743a570145ed96e93a408a4a76f9e109 1/22/2012 7:10:00 PM Unknown 2.42 On-Screen Display 160 KB


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