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What is viewpointservice.exe? ViewpointService?

Vendor:      Viewpoint
Product:     Viewpoint
Vendor Website:      http://www.viewpoint.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: ViewpointService.exe is software that distributes advertising by the use of a toolbar, a media player, and a Viewpoint manager. Because it's sometimes installed along with other software many users are unaware it is there. When alerted by their firewall that Viewpoint is accessing the internet users have a legitimate concern. A more obvious optional install on the part of Viewpoint would reduce user distress.

viewpointservice.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.


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viewpointservice.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: 0.33%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
viewpointservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x5f974fde801c73952770736becde11e7 7/29/2018 12:35:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 0, 54 ViewpointService 24 KB
2 Status 0xd622530829e35d75526a814375eebcfd 9/25/2017 2:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 24 KB
3 Status 0x00a204be7084b214605db4d433c9a7e2 2/11/2016 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 29 KB
4 Status 0x92defd26417abd45c29f9d36af10a4d8 5/29/2012 9:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 28 KB
5 Status 0x62711c18d1ce308e5d253332c4a4ad2d 12/4/2011 9:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 21 KB
6 Status 0x9af7598a2bbbc6007bae5fd1cbb1e0d6 6/16/2011 7:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 24 KB
7 Status 0x343fa2a0615a10a95895bc5cf019ac4c 6/8/2010 7:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 28 KB
8 Status 0x1e6011ec3f59dbbe4e5a3d617016858c 3/29/2010 6:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 24 KB
9 Status 0x60ad90a87f5410e8de4ddc750e558c3e 9/22/2009 2:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 32 KB
10 Status 0xd1ddb7df1fd7221b6d9c9b37d9ef1d2b 9/19/2009 7:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
11 Status 0x5932156bfa580019b82c00cacd7e612e 8/18/2009 10:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
12 Status 0xbe715b58cbf7e617f1f9be5fcf83f760 7/26/2009 6:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
13 Status 0xdd3f52a0f88b82425f97f110a587a859 7/16/2009 7:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
14 Status 0x5765d36ddf446ddd43224c9dcd67bf2f 7/2/2009 7:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 24 KB
15 Status 0x3433c1cd1485d22842b13993bd2a1839 6/21/2009 5:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 48 KB
16 Status 0xa1313ba6f07973a26d47f9f3911b230b 5/14/2009 12:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
17 Status 0xef94bada0e63e35682bc1c4c1afd141f 5/5/2009 6:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
18 Status 0x16ea42d64f2f06896adc3c724d230353 5/2/2009 11:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
19 Status 0xbf59b342749d27991b637c81c13b9149 4/30/2009 1:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
20 Status 0xd0a3a8d9b13b467412950dc94b5dab41 4/29/2009 8:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
21 Status 0x8fea39d30439fb4b202ae96bf781ea34 4/27/2009 10:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
22 Status 0x48544bb70d949e51f6faed8a0491b401 4/26/2009 7:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
23 Status 0x149847d96f1f71d530977b6a04ddc976 4/26/2009 5:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
24 Status 0xdc132f3d0a3f9e69613769b04b564fba 4/26/2009 4:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB
25 Status 0xca6e8b62c585f329ccad295d9f0f34b6 4/21/2009 12:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown ViewpointService 44 KB


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