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What is psiservice.exe? PSIService?

Vendor:      
Product:     PSIService
Vendor Website:      http://www.protexis.com/services/software_licensing.htm
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: PSIService.exe is part of Protexis RED SM which provides copy protection, trial downloads, and product registration for it's users. Used in many "try before you buy" downloads. It also collects data and once activated sends the info back to it's origin.

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


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psiservice.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: 0.20%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
psiservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x64e413ba0c529aa40c3924bbcc4153db 11/2/2020 12:44:00 PM Unknown 2.0.0.1 PSIService 170 KB
2 Status 0xf115af58abe5605d7d709cbfbd83f418 5/4/2018 7:25:00 PM Unknown 2.0.0.1 PSIService 173 KB
3 Status 0xacc72ebbfa6cf7056b84dcbfa80e3ec7 4/9/2010 3:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown PSIService 168 KB
4 Status 0x5060cd9513046462af836e88615e4423 1/30/2010 2:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown PSIService 168 KB
5 Status 0xa9a036acb3139f6536d276bf05ee6e47 10/7/2009 2:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown PSIService 188 KB
6 Status 0xf6a2202c63e5f77b7fae7e7e43751b71 9/12/2009 8:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown PSIService 172 KB
7 Status 0x7cc578b9eb21e6085c286ccc40f33596 3/7/2009 11:32:00 AM Unknown Unknown PSIService 170 KB
8 Status 0xe98f2967a9c596b6608c260b5017a352 10/13/2008 6:34:00 AM Unknown Unknown PSIService 173 KB


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