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What is s3tray2.exe? S3 Tray Tool?

Vendor:      S3 Graphics
Product:     S3 Graphics Utilities
Vendor Website:      http://www.s3graphics.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.

Purpose: s3tray2.exe is a tool installed alongside the drivers for your S3 video output device, and gives access to additional configurations and diagnostics.

s3tray2.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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s3tray2.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
s3tray2.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x36a91f407a70933e00adbebdaa30f67c 7/16/2014 3:26:00 PM Unknown 1.00.19-0113 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
2 Status 0x64c4ddf45d94b102def26bac4ac774e2 2/6/2012 4:54:00 AM Unknown 1.00.17-1217 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
3 Status 0xdd617399dd8675c74d76bf2989b35200 2/5/2012 11:57:00 PM Unknown 1.00.18-0214 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
4 Status 0xaebc727839b23f9e4ca56cc3cd030c9d 1/13/2012 8:27:00 PM Unknown 1.00.16-1112 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
5 Status 0xc11d79b0421d833cbc2a182e708a170a 7/30/2011 6:16:00 AM Unknown 1.00.13-1012 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
6 Status 0x58a66f2a4608e8d1e78bf7a70fbaf804 7/15/2011 4:51:00 AM Unknown 1.00.21-0908 S3 Tray Tool 76 KB
7 Status 0xd4e86aa245620a69b7203285356b50f2 5/22/2011 9:27:00 PM Unknown 1.00.11-1004 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
8 Status 0x7fbb14015d2673642d916eaecf7c59d6 8/2/2010 11:20:00 PM Unknown 1.00.13-1012 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
9 Status 0x8550c9a27577a2a49c0b2cdd07e9e899 4/18/2010 2:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
10 Status 0xd68f5c1e14f4a73535f71b8047aa59de 3/14/2010 6:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
11 Status 0xbe9ef3a3f84535f706f8fc8e4eca4033 7/26/2009 7:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown S3 Tray Tool 88 KB
12 Status 0xb41531ebeb0705dd4335e87f4d2f2dce 5/3/2009 1:24:00 AM Unknown 1.00.08-0608 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
13 Status 0xa39077f04dabaef202879e366c7c7642 2/3/2009 11:24:00 AM Unknown Unknown S3 Tray Tool 88 KB
14 Status 0x647a326698afde09ed0d5cad0325cdb4 9/16/2008 5:15:00 AM Unknown 1.00.14-1105 S3 Tray Tool 68 KB
15 Status 0xb2edb3ce2bac01b75840ec2ee59ef45b 12/31/2007 Unknown 1.00.17-1217 S3 Tray Tool 80 KB


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