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What is ppwebcap.exe? PaperPort?

Vendor:      Scansoft
Product:     PaperPort
Vendor Website:      http://www.scansoft.co.uk/
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: Ppwebcap.exe provides a system tray icon that can be used to launch Visioneer or Scansoft scanning software.

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


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ppwebcap.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: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ppwebcap.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd9348159d4fe2353a591b88617826179 12/25/2014 2:19:00 AM Unknown 6.1 PaperPort 42 KB
2 Status 0xe44f482f57db73f42abd078efdd1d697 1/18/2012 12:55:00 AM Unknown 6.5 PaperPort 47 KB
3 Status 0xa5842ba465ce12778f897da8d0ea226f 8/20/2011 10:40:00 PM Unknown 11.0.6255.1 PaperPort 72 KB
4 Status 0xd6755928d944f5b4f8082540e2c777c9 7/4/2011 1:03:00 AM Unknown 11.1 PaperPort 81 KB
5 Status 0x63bba881851b9ebd1c190484f4ac15ab 6/29/2011 12:24:00 PM Unknown 7.02 PaperPort 42 KB
6 Status 0xe331dff64333dd4ee6a0b7dceca9aa8f 10/2/2010 1:44:00 PM Unknown 7.02 PaperPort 42 KB
7 Status 0x9e78271f6557cb8ed794791f0cc7559b 6/12/2010 6:47:00 PM Unknown 6.1 PaperPort 42 KB
8 Status 0xc93f06c45440f14fedbdbaca3632dacb 4/23/2010 8:34:00 AM Unknown 9.0 PaperPort 92 KB
9 Status 0x101ba36923f154084d644cc87fcc2aa7 1/4/2010 10:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 47 KB
10 Status 0x36231a79bd06136f67949e8d1384ff8e 9/16/2009 3:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 76 KB
11 Status 0x6db117f959a2c15edcd718caa88c4460 9/14/2009 2:55:00 PM Unknown PreRelease 10.0 PaperPort 76 KB
12 Status 0x3780edc97be9e815f94fc602048b3a46 9/12/2009 9:13:00 PM Unknown 9.0 PaperPort 92 KB
13 Status 0x93de69632e6be3c540feef28bdacbe72 9/12/2009 12:31:00 PM Unknown 8.0 PaperPort 80 KB
14 Status 0x6363883e4dd9e71c10e5f18ce2a4813b 8/12/2009 5:42:00 PM Unknown 9.0 PaperPort 92 KB
15 Status 0xbb6f45cdfbd6f8d78435407dea3b8738 5/19/2009 6:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 42 KB
16 Status 0x8ad0628df2b1eb151af5d65c9a76123f 4/22/2009 8:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 92 KB
17 Status 0x11ec34264c3f2c774fcbc878e1544a3a 4/12/2009 7:13:00 PM Unknown 10.0.2004.10261 PaperPort 76 KB
18 Status 0x978ea3d35115b5101b9bd273ac2efab5 3/20/2009 10:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 80 KB
19 Status 0x1453eed4a5436bc1ca7d981815a52191 3/15/2009 2:12:00 AM Unknown 9.0 PaperPort 92 KB
20 Status 0x1b822f8d036bb84bb9c82e6b90792a17 2/20/2009 4:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 76 KB
21 Status 0x3ac22f6ed3996c03b974248ddaf068f4 2/18/2009 12:49:00 AM Unknown 10.1.2005.2271 PaperPort 76 KB
22 Status 0x0e595c7a1c437843508aa075b328b2e7 8/10/2008 12:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 84 KB
23 Status 0xa151d7259028e83f207c2b10fd0960c7 5/1/2008 2:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 92 KB
24 Status 0x4a910bbd991e063f442a6d19ffe468b2 4/28/2008 1:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown PaperPort 76 KB
25 Status 0xa61fa2e7036dbe3eceaa45c8387fb990 12/31/2007 Unknown 8.10 PaperPort 80 KB


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