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What is purgeie_service.exe? PurgeIE?

Vendor:      Assistance & Resources for Computing, Inc.
Product:     PurgeIE Service
Vendor Website:      http://aandrc.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: PurgeIE_Service.exe - This program is designed for IE users and is for removing the surfing info stored by this popular browser. The company also makes a program for FireFox.

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


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purgeie_service.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: 0 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
purgeie_service.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xea5515741fa0a50ca8093153102d2bcf 1/26/2012 9:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 341 KB
2 Status 0x87956355a564f0c7ce9abe75e12b6aa1 1/21/2012 4:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 341 KB
3 Status 0x158c5673f6e7aef2683e8259323210ef 9/13/2011 6:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 341 KB
4 Status 0xa43ab6e35eb6e436fdef6ca4f6edfcdf 1/5/2011 11:24:00 PM Unknown 1.2.0.36 PurgeIE 343 KB
5 Status 0xd199dcf09093d8a6bfefc2b5324cd157 11/16/2010 5:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 341 KB
6 Status 0x0cafee576345c2f59755a37d2b257be0 9/30/2010 3:02:00 AM Unknown 1.1.0.33 PurgeIE 343 KB
7 Status 0x21f1ed138b94b64306ceb9a0064b64b3 3/27/2010 7:53:00 PM Unknown 1.2.0.36 PurgeIE 343 KB
8 Status 0xe90459e38c383a75dd3e5cc824173391 12/13/2009 10:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 343 KB
9 Status 0xe1b634c9792a941131bcae3c4be35808 7/22/2009 11:17:00 AM Unknown 1.1.0.32 PurgeIE 337 KB
10 Status 0x40c03102bef3cbb3214e1a65f14ae603 9/7/2008 4:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown PurgeIE 343 KB
11 Status 0x9115cf032b08479121e7cce060455435 4/30/2008 4:10:00 PM Unknown 1.1.0.31 PurgeIE 337 KB


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