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What is packethsvc.exe? Virtual Adapter Service ?

Vendor:      America Online
Product:     America Online
Vendor Website:      http://www.compuserve.com/
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.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: PackethSvc.exe - If you do not use either CompuServe 2000 or AOL, then this task may be running purely because CompuServe 2000 came pre-installed with a new PC/Laptop you bought, in which case go to "Control Panel \ Services" (WinNT4) or "Control Panel \ Administrative Tools \ Services" (Win2000/XP), and set Virtual NIC Service to Manual

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


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packethsvc.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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packethsvc.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
packethsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa42349b46ee8362bfdcb849a6a014f60 2/5/2017 1:45:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 5 Virtual Adapter Service 50 KB
2 Status 0x5a48fd8b627fb87f2e615210ed497791 7/18/2015 4:48:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 6 Virtual Adapter Service 63 KB
3 Status 0x22392909bf88b991bdd74af303da5315 7/2/2015 9:16:00 AM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 6 Virtual Adapter Service 63 KB
4 Status 0x56ebf5b4c82c7c3fcf28f7b584178a9c 1/17/2011 3:01:00 PM Unknown 6, 0, 0, 5 Virtual Adapter Service 50 KB
5 Status 0x418dfd60a13408872a957404c5c9077b 5/7/2010 7:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual Adapter Service 70 KB
6 Status 0x6d0ac42bbcae3dc0740a2778e5fbdfe9 5/2/2009 11:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual Adapter Service 70 KB
7 Status 0xd57f454836e60bd4122ff14946a3da70 2/26/2009 11:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virtual Adapter Service 63 KB
8 Status 0x013792485fa26d1e1f43c919d8da22ac 4/4/2008 1:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual Adapter Service 70 KB


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