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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



zanda.exe (ZANDA)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


In addition to the file name, zanda.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:Norman ASA
Product contains:Norman

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.norman.com/



Win Patrol

Zanda.exe is a part of the Norman Virus Control application and acts as a general agent.

zanda.exe  is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

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 zanda.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
zanda.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x1150c8f0a658d0222d5682981c673bc8 303104 bytes
2 0x361f43f197bb8a973314536e5804f86f 176128 bytes
3 0x69087e186975facfb993e92193ca0175 176128 bytes
4 0xd59585f50e86160408db33ba3096d405 425080 bytes
5 0x3c58c59d3e5f0897c321e42a60de22d1 322616 bytes
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0xf5592b323d41abc12541f9808072e67a 258048 bytes
7 0x64715baa0d7281ce3faf346199c6ea70 282624 bytes
8 0x4257d92b938ed51235c447242beaa6a3 322616 bytes
9 0x7b0c9213b81fbd842ea849bfa097e010 282624 bytes
10 0xa61a1346a80bf7784afb68cda39326a4 322616 bytes

Match #2



zanda.exe (Zanda.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB


In addition to the file name, zanda.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:Norman ASA
Product contains:Norman Product Manager
File name contains:\Program Files\Norman\Npm\Bin\Zanda.exe

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




Win Patrol

Zanda.exe -

zanda.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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.




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Tips from the Pit Crew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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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.