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What is ppcontrol.exe? Pest Patrol?

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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: PPControl.exe - Part of Pest Patrol. See the Pest Patrol site for more information.

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


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ppcontrol.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: 11 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ppcontrol.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x25df346804bdbb9973af9645f13a6793 3/5/2016 2:18:00 PM Unknown 4, 4, 4, 73 Pest Patrol 96 KB
2 Status 0xe179c4a70c2e6c2918efcecce386c9ee 1/12/2012 12:26:00 AM Unknown Pest Patrol 60 KB
3 Status 0x79234d195dda821ced784f5e443f991c 9/16/2011 9:04:00 AM Unknown Pest Patrol 56 KB
4 Status 0xe2362c0cb43d5911007775e2ef99b2ba 8/30/2011 6:39:00 AM Unknown Pest Patrol 52 KB
5 Status 0xddf463712ec9bdd547171abe2230836e 1/8/2011 10:35:00 PM Unknown Pest Patrol 60 KB
6 Status 0x8a9decb0ccb1e3816f695985b7d4c901 12/14/2009 10:44:00 AM Unknown Pest Patrol 56 KB
7 Status 0xda429bb1fd4eb3cbdd4417a97e0216c8 10/25/2009 6:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pest Patrol 52 KB
8 Status 0xfb6501c461fce13cbf9ea3647df970f5 10/4/2008 10:45:00 AM Unknown 4, 4, 4, 73 Pest Patrol 96 KB
9 Status 0x43984c0fdec3a6450e7dfa3beeb1816e 9/10/2008 9:34:00 AM Unknown 4, 4, 4, 73 Pest Patrol 96 KB
10 Status 0x4d00b6c19b3a135ac89386ce3504aa3f 8/1/2008 12:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pest Patrol 72 KB
11 Status 0x1d1d0be656f1d1eb64143fd15bbc7f74 5/1/2008 10:59:00 PM Unknown Pest Patrol 56 KB
12 Status 0x9e8b0b3702075d8046d992062837513f 12/31/2007 Unknown 4, 4, 4, 73 Pest Patrol 418 KB
13 Status 0x22ebfcdfb836904cd34c3e6ec190cd66 12/31/2007 Unknown 4, 4, 4, 73 Pest Patrol 429 KB
14 Status 0xee3c1d3871ee1195e117abe7193079a7 12/31/2007 Unknown Pest Patrol 389 KB


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