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What is prot_srv.exe? Pointsec?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.pointsec.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.
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: Prot_srv.exe - Pointsec encryption hard drive program.

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


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prot_srv.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
prot_srv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x49dd0e55d6fe36186d18c71d92402741 3/2/2015 7:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 152 KB
2 Status 0xe7e2652bfc0c85e8ffc6f3fe4611b48a 1/5/2015 6:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 466 KB
3 Status 0xa5c406dbf27162196cd5e18eb0c6e521 2/7/2012 2:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 606 KB
4 Status 0x12e2f1398a4beb6833f0931b32c73cec 1/27/2012 8:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 606 KB
5 Status 0x2a2951100ce363dfb16a1baadc73f1df 1/26/2012 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 598 KB
6 Status 0xa7048783ceaf73dea5bd66d5ca1081d7 1/20/2012 9:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 626 KB
7 Status 0xec5ad60098f571fd7912469adf50a6d6 9/14/2011 5:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 358 KB
8 Status 0x5089bf68f3a720360bd4c5b235f25411 9/8/2011 8:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 598 KB
9 Status 0x0c2bc79d201ae671f1b781fb8483bf4b 9/6/2011 4:39:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 360 KB
10 Status 0x6bed77a1bfc3d5cfdb08c75328b2d029 9/6/2011 2:35:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 143 KB
11 Status 0x0c6b1858df825da6b9de2d054217d091 8/3/2011 7:44:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 208 KB
12 Status 0x5cdc8fcf81401333b03a72e8892b786e 7/29/2011 11:14:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 184 KB
13 Status 0xdd7600dd1b1716c741baae792b66d462 7/29/2011 6:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 358 KB
14 Status 0x0c6e99a5a5d75a5e220273666d1c82fb 7/29/2011 6:20:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 356 KB
15 Status 0x16b2843f2c9f5fdb4da8a47fa0a0bacc 6/14/2011 10:56:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 366 KB
16 Status 0x5441e721bdbed54ab3b563bed59e3885 6/1/2011 4:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 196 KB
17 Status 0xfce4e740905be9d08beddda0729e0a53 3/14/2011 8:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 358 KB
18 Status 0xafdf09512c6d9027537e6103253bb49a 3/14/2011 1:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 358 KB
19 Status 0xef73875edbccfa63f0db2c2702b4be03 11/8/2010 1:38:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 184 KB
20 Status 0xf05465430bd560b5bd9bf36c608c5230 11/2/2010 8:30:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 144 KB
21 Status 0x5b7e4c659221fe91d15b49e736f801e4 10/23/2010 5:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 358 KB
22 Status 0xa1806fb5bed00503651e6aee74035915 10/18/2010 5:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 156 KB
23 Status 0x87d74edd1778b3057468c100b4604591 10/1/2010 9:05:00 PM Unknown Pointsec 143 KB
24 Status 0x826d3aac9f282b58087763c611d8c5bb 9/17/2010 3:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pointsec 458 KB
25 Status 0x89da57d2120fde5a08056711eecf95ed 8/17/2010 9:52:00 AM Unknown Pointsec 152 KB


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