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What is protoolbarcomm.exe? TrendSecure Security?

Vendor:      Trend Micro
Product:     TrendSecure
Vendor Website:      http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/
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: ProToolbarComm.exe is a component of TISProToolbar by TrendMicro and part of TrendSecure. Closing this task will disable your systems security.

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


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protoolbarcomm.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: 6 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
protoolbarcomm.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x7cb134399a2d46e22379c652c7926b3f 9/6/2014 1:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
2 Status 0xc242bc8c8c640fd8aa00343e61e411c9 8/18/2011 4:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
3 Status 0x5db3e3e46d1eb98ae4438031ea189919 7/31/2011 11:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
4 Status 0xe970ca512875e2d652bf0433b907494c 2/28/2010 5:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
5 Status 0xacff14a057f3ed8b9520af3964ca4f6f 1/25/2010 12:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
6 Status 0xaec0d745810ebf5f0868acdb47d222fc 9/21/2009 6:48:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
7 Status 0x7dcc29bc30ade3e51a9065e8225b9cc0 8/28/2009 2:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
8 Status 0x15c9c06778bfbb0d3205c8cea46f67ce 8/20/2009 5:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 149 KB
9 Status 0x18a5005a1a1cf2740dbf3a9fbe4994bd 8/2/2009 10:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
10 Status 0x776e115b17488c4fd021068a1ac7a21b 7/14/2009 5:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
11 Status 0x2058cc57afebffe166b9d789ce61c5c3 7/8/2009 4:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
12 Status 0x851aada36fb7ebb4a750b2167a0fccf1 7/3/2009 12:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
13 Status 0xffeab2dc634f8dee0bfb9ec91116b756 6/27/2009 6:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
14 Status 0xd7632942fe3fcb1d1a2c11c4dcdb5233 6/18/2009 12:23:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
15 Status 0x7b6286732fa9bab10eb20910be82f4e2 6/14/2009 7:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
16 Status 0x8e2ba6113b0c423ef4b3df9a6e0dbad7 6/13/2009 9:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
17 Status 0x90da9166a626ebb4517f91516d67c3ca 5/22/2009 6:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 153 KB
18 Status 0xd3835f06eb0bca60c1fe8c9ef8a60a6d 3/29/2009 4:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB
19 Status 0x9060e3dc9a68f168525cbabb69d554ce 2/7/2009 5:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown TrendSecure Security 157 KB


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