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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



saytimemain.exe (SayTimeMain.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


In addition to the file name, saytimemain.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Provenio Software Corporation
Product contains:Say the Time
File name contains:\Program Files\Say The Time\SayTimeMain.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




Win Patrol

SayTimeMain.exe -

saytimemain.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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Match #2



saytimemain.exe (Say the Time)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


In addition to the file name, saytimemain.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:Provenio Software Corporation
Product contains:Say the Time
File name contains:Say the Time

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.proveniosoftware.com/



Win Patrol

According to Provenio Software Corporation:

Get organized — the fun and easy way! Say the Time will keep you on schedule by automatically announcing the date, time or both at specified intervals using a pleasant male or female voice. Keep track of important time commitments with fully-customizable appointment reminders.

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

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called saytimemain.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
saytimemain.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x405996ac110547143ab3de6e0c0b8618 414208 bytes
2 0x8c54ef2fe38d2815d06e9392d2652a0a 1372160 bytes
3 0x7f25e577fc651cda884a57be13858d6a 1355776 bytes
4 0x6db5e2afe9e26b79a1bdac60c6990cf5 1404928 bytes
5 0xb5b2268b24ec6686068569fbcb430be8 435712 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x51f3598970ff6f9e2a1edc561a1cf8e4 2613248 bytes
7 0x1e910179fa25bc952457dc3aa92c9a32 1429504 bytes
8 0xf74645e43409026f57caab8e159b6e1b 1417216 bytes
9 0x336e0e61fb531f0230ac49767133206d 1347584 bytes
10 0x460a73d15866b3a4d998c05b8d0d9c87 1400832 bytes


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Important Note

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