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starwindserviceae.exe (StarWind AE Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

StarWindServiceAE.exe - StarWind iSCSI Target. Belongs to Alcohol (120% or 52%).
Not essential component for windows and it seems that for Alcohol too.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

starwindserviceae.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 a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



Identification

In addition to the file name, starwindserviceae.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:Rocket Division Software
Product contains:StarWind Alcohol Edition
File name contains:\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol

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


MD5 Hashes

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 starwindserviceae.exe, we have detected 12 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
starwindserviceae.exe12
#MD5Size
10x5d262d9776cc57cbff5c7f618fc2baab283136 bytes
20xb1691af4a072cb674d600db16dd7308e275968 bytes
30x22513ae687fc15d54ca659ecb243a939286720 bytes
40xef2159bddd63c8f11a0da0d4929f008a286720 bytes
50x018400c6824e17878e804fb5d31ab706296448 bytes
60x9eb1e05ba329939b1d769520167883d9345600 bytes
70x29bfbf5017f60a85b4959f5b73f65c03275968 bytes
80xbffad7983b1d1c1c05cb4ca134f30a07283136 bytes
90xe6b3a9244571118f948da5bc292d5d40296448 bytes
100xf55c90124eccb3bbb5eafd35869fe933296448 bytes
110xefa1c5a43ad24d1eadd485dba88c759d295936 bytes
120x01e930632a6e9726c423cb03159c8a97295936 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. starwindserviceae.exe (StarWind AE Service) has been seen on 0.14% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 3 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.alcohol-soft.com/

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.