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What is sndvol32.exe? SNDVOL32?

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.
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: The SndVol32.exe program controls the volume settings for your system.

sndvol32.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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sndvol32.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: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
sndvol32.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x7df33946b5911e75320cca9ac1a3492b 8/2/2022 4:14:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 135 KB
2 Status 0x831347571c0f5006ce3913d32f21ab69 4/25/2015 5:22:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
3 Status 0x440daa0b13f4ae529621969395960d0e 2/3/2015 8:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 138 KB
4 Status 0x3cc21afcf1226d092b563469bc31cf8a 10/17/2011 11:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 142 KB
5 Status 0x4b9583ec6b3dc94ddb7ccde2df2ca12d 9/17/2011 10:43:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
6 Status 0x36543ca9cbfc0c07dfa466eccfa5c416 9/2/2011 4:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 199 KB
7 Status 0x0a0b49b6feab9daa1164cc43e7b70270 8/31/2011 3:28:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 155 KB
8 Status 0xaf7744aac559418da729ba9f0d38193e 8/19/2011 1:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 135 KB
9 Status 0x928cb6acfb5bc0663d699f53691822c3 7/22/2011 10:57:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 148 KB
10 Status 0x52fa8d53e6ab028a83cd031da12c83fc 5/26/2011 8:23:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
11 Status 0x34c731c4d43fd8937f63bb2603e2fa26 5/3/2011 5:46:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
12 Status 0xc7c9668b3ef9dbd2205cff876cdab0c8 4/10/2011 5:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 142 KB
13 Status 0x11f9cfa3a0933fdbad7d13cc7c67a37f 3/11/2011 12:37:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2134.1 SNDVOL32 66 KB
14 Status 0x9fa0fb94699f45e3f65fdce6d684db0a 12/22/2010 5:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 142 KB
15 Status 0x9442b3d9a27249e9eb6fe746eb9b2bc7 9/6/2010 3:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 136 KB
16 Status 0xf919469dd85bd90af9c609a27c82e0ca 7/28/2010 10:17:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
17 Status 0xff9f303f55f6eb69e2d65c06c5ee5312 5/21/2010 5:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 138 KB
18 Status 0x7d11045ca5e731c1f06427dbb79b0b4a 5/2/2010 2:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 136 KB
19 Status 0x1e426e3aedaaef318c887227da2fc3ef 4/6/2010 4:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 136 KB
20 Status 0x5a40f251460c14a7c51a561ce0d4e689 3/22/2010 10:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 155 KB
21 Status 0x2bb505968a23809fc8a2313d2fc28f89 3/14/2010 3:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 136 KB
22 Status 0x398b142f4b59176631d0138d23e437f1 3/10/2010 3:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 135 KB
23 Status 0x865dcb70bcc584ca22ffc3c563083247 3/6/2010 8:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 408 KB
24 Status 0xf48777fc3261b25f87629f3f362f2b3d 3/2/2010 6:08:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) SNDVOL32 136 KB
25 Status 0x7df0473e5e7d709a7955408374744df3 2/26/2010 9:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown SNDVOL32 138 KB


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