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What is winmx.exe? WinMX?

Vendor:      Frontcode
Product:     WinMX
Vendor Website:     
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: WINMX.EXE - Peer to peer file sharing software. Disable this while testing a PC Pitstop to ensure that you get accurate results for benchmarks such as Internet speed.

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


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winmx.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
winmx.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb4f467edbe1fca548977e9d754ced62b 6/16/2016 8:33:00 AM Unknown 3.54 WinMX 1044 KB
2 Status 0xf8eb7d9123ece160815edf919ba2c5cc 10/1/2014 12:15:00 PM Unknown 3.53 WinMX 788 KB
3 Status 0xf83a50890ffe8e9d129ccb92ae00ea40 9/2/2014 7:55:00 PM Unknown 2.6 WinMX 980 KB
4 Status 0xc2baf7eb03c5d9c9240f46bd7c18f0c8 12/12/2010 12:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown WinMX 1300 KB
5 Status 0xefb16996c718c3c039f7a517ed99bca9 2/20/2010 9:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown WinMX 1984 KB
6 Status 0xe46e2e6c48b4443e7be26ca5bc3a8111 12/6/2009 2:02:00 AM Unknown 3.31 WinMX 732 KB
7 Status 0x024f036497393c11470d959231a744da 12/31/2007 Unknown 3.3 WinMX 728 KB


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