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What is smsvchost.exe? Net.TCP Port Sharing Service?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/net/
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.
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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: SMSvcHost.exe - Windows Communication Foundation.
More info is also available in: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_s.htm

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


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smsvchost.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: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
smsvchost.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x5e86280c580bea60dad686b0bdf122dc 12/31/2017 10:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 126 KB
2 Status 0x5243cfc2e7161c91c2b355240035b9e4 12/31/2017 10:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 136 KB
3 Status 0xd34612c5d02d026535b3095d620626ae 10/11/2016 11:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 129 KB
4 Status 0xd22cd77d4f0d63d1169bb35911bff12d 3/25/2016 12:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 121 KB
5 Status 0x21318671bcad3acf16638f98d4d00973 8/6/2015 12:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 136 KB
6 Status 0xf9102685f97f9ba85f4a70afcf722cfe 1/28/2015 2:49:00 AM Unknown 3.0.4506.648 (Winfxred.004506-0648) Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 120 KB
7 Status 0x7e9228c814c0d0b551af9a114b7e0b16 4/9/2012 2:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 138 KB
8 Status 0xd6c4e4a39a36029ac0813d476fbd0248 2/5/2012 1:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 126 KB
9 Status 0xf476ec40033cdb91efbe73eb99b8362d 9/13/2011 10:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 125 KB
10 Status 0x0ad5876ef4e9eb77c8f93eb5b2fff386 8/10/2011 7:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 129 KB
11 Status 0x8070bb07fe06de8b9acb29b07016a273 6/18/2010 4:38:00 AM Unknown 3.0.4506.30 (WAPRTM.004506-0030) Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 120 KB
12 Status 0xb5c0ea3c35e6e4d392a0414bc35fb934 3/21/2010 4:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 117 KB
13 Status 0x28131ef1333f980079e3d611fe0e8e56 10/17/2009 8:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 126 KB
14 Status 0xb418382de04ff58567aa07a2b66b2332 9/8/2009 12:09:00 PM Unknown 3.0.4506.25 (WAPRTM.004506-0026) Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 120 KB
15 Status 0x67e6254b7eecea6ea94a298cee8b2290 6/12/2009 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 126 KB
16 Status 0x8a51d3c1eb9f5ab90fbf706df5f88037 4/25/2009 5:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 126 KB
17 Status 0xd3efb6e979aa64b4314d842e87581ab5 3/25/2009 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 129 KB
18 Status 0x2f0cb612ff4366a95b34f3e1ddb5be06 9/22/2008 6:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Net.TCP Port Sharing Service 129 KB


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