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What is scardsvr.exe? SmartCard ?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.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: scardsvr.exe is an application belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System, which provides the authentication facilities for smart security cards on your local system.

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


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scardsvr.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: 0.07%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
scardsvr.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x86d007e7a654b9a71d1d7d856b104353 11/3/2016 1:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 93 KB
2 Status 0xb122d463c76e0305c6f0c76932969f62 8/2/2016 6:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 97 KB
3 Status 0x25d8de134df108e3dbc8d7d23b1aa58e 3/7/2015 8:45:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) SmartCard 93 KB
4 Status 0xa50e4dd0e2a9df762807c84153b4953a 2/4/2015 7:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 97 KB
5 Status 0x1b4cd62174e907c7ef8ec5d4d0a2a616 11/14/2014 10:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 96 KB
6 Status 0x8866078139c403a28cb4cb460ca6dc90 10/3/2014 8:16:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) SmartCard 98 KB
7 Status 0xd9f9fabd49c028be38792b40460ae3ce 9/1/2014 12:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 93 KB
8 Status 0x13c381e66cda8d4d80e84bf18307551f 9/8/2011 7:53:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2195.6609 SmartCard 97 KB
9 Status 0xd339f34d824a7d42ff4d61f1d9d06029 9/4/2011 1:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 96 KB
10 Status 0x11344a685293c0a5d228de5381cd9e5d 7/3/2011 6:37:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) SmartCard 96 KB
11 Status 0xa885d4ede9852d81981b32fb0f134703 6/30/2011 10:14:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SmartCard 91 KB
12 Status 0x97718ded7a82c886c28f1e689bce4d4b 5/22/2011 3:46:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) SmartCard 97 KB
13 Status 0xb63d9939ab3247fb668c1115ac5b3a25 3/23/2011 7:57:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3264 (xpsp.071130-1433) SmartCard 93 KB
14 Status 0x1d456f1cd76a80793c07ba52cf3a7455 2/26/2011 9:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 95 KB
15 Status 0x9a5577ef19cc59f747c02d2ee3c60e57 1/21/2011 8:45:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2195.6609 SmartCard 99 KB
16 Status 0x9bfe75099b4e1e39e814908adcb82809 11/30/2010 7:07:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.6609 SmartCard 100 KB
17 Status 0x191626fb54124aefb11948d9cbb56aa8 11/6/2010 6:26:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0010) SmartCard 93 KB
18 Status 0xeb600f9f1323a7cc6263b20689169f0c 11/4/2010 9:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 97 KB
19 Status 0xc8bf6ae55768820130ecf35a6e4d64cc 10/16/2010 5:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 95 KB
20 Status 0xfffec467e1a130d0ac5ccb6ca2dcba4b 9/25/2010 5:30:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.6609 SmartCard 100 KB
21 Status 0xe19f1036f2ad74e1221fb09190f65d24 7/12/2010 12:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 97 KB
22 Status 0x16b4363d5fec18b18a8712a29044a24a 5/12/2010 8:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 93 KB
23 Status 0x67949cc8a865296c1333c96a4e1a2d66 4/27/2010 1:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 98 KB
24 Status 0x18369447c3641f0fdba0537a903eba5e 4/16/2010 12:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 91 KB
25 Status 0xc9f6f8d22bebf73efc8138430bc3eaa1 4/5/2010 7:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown SmartCard 149 KB


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