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What is asghost.exe? Identity Verification?

Vendor:      Bioscrypt Inc.
Product:     
Vendor Website:      http://www.cognizancesecurity.com/news/news02.html
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: asghost.exe - Program to manage access through identity verification.

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


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asghost.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: 0.15%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 21 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
asghost.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x1b149d944a144b35165838cb1b84223d 1/3/2018 10:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 76 KB
2 Status 0xf96d495cca149dbda142ca824b20647d 6/24/2016 12:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 76 KB
3 Status 0x7eab127c64aaaa9134283c0fea7177d1 8/15/2015 3:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 63 KB
4 Status 0x2ba092aefe2b0be96a3e0b7f5b30a01b 1/31/2015 6:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 64 KB
5 Status 0x375c44af2022e4e5ff2a9be70ca1d66b 1/25/2015 12:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 73 KB
6 Status 0x75dba527ad2d2dc15f026fc1e538231f 12/13/2014 4:37:00 AM Unknown 2.5.0.058 Identity Verification 64 KB
7 Status 0x57a359b3aa305977e7bfba481b0bedf9 11/29/2014 8:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 73 KB
8 Status 0xbf8a029723ab3150408cc68ad92aa0a3 1/26/2012 10:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 64 KB
9 Status 0x1ddc05bc9d8627f452a4d21e33d5a18f 8/19/2011 2:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 76 KB
10 Status 0x2bc59f2f7a6053085dd35579abda5531 7/9/2011 10:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 64 KB
11 Status 0x08b0f3544161f428e71a28addf1282ab 11/2/2010 11:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 76 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x3f91d1056d2cebef374be0e55428190a 11/25/2017 10:22:00 AM Unknown 2.5.0.057 Identity Verification 64 KB
2 Status 0x7e91548d064be9a5238e19a23badbbd4 2/2/2016 11:33:00 PM Unknown 1.5.0.035 Identity Verification 42 KB
3 Status 0x3d74378876e8dfdc5f6d5ee3c1b81275 7/28/2014 10:42:00 PM Unknown 2.1.0.048 Identity Verification 55 KB
4 Status 0x1835a3b535845b143347f16c384d50bf 2/1/2012 1:20:00 PM Unknown 1.5.0.046 Identity Verification 54 KB
5 Status 0x8d09660749e448ab2cd4d3b0f258dccc 8/13/2011 4:00:00 AM Unknown 1.5.0.025 Identity Verification 42 KB
6 Status 0xc9066e8c47347fa9467c1ba6c9d00f9e 1/6/2011 5:02:00 PM Unknown 1.5.0.033 Identity Verification 42 KB
7 Status 0x6856acbd007524023b1ea2b77f4ed074 5/14/2010 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 42 KB
8 Status 0xf6b37a1af112155ac61292963624a0c7 4/22/2010 2:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 84 KB
9 Status 0xb5b9a61799433bd2cc7a79955dae5317 1/2/2010 12:32:00 AM Unknown 2.1.0.054 Identity Verification 62 KB
10 Status 0xaa36aabc5526419cd7f89a3c7bbf5ab9 11/29/2009 4:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 64 KB
11 Status 0x8b9e6e8554a462826797767192844117 10/27/2009 11:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 118 KB
12 Status 0xe7692c2c1d9ebe08fec88ffada3a4924 9/15/2009 8:09:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 103 KB
13 Status 0xdf6e55cae67cfa02c374a7711d5ed77d 6/19/2009 12:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 85 KB
14 Status 0x96e88f0a891f756f757120a10266d5b7 4/21/2009 10:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 136 KB
15 Status 0x09d01c1c7ebaf227d4d3f28d58c20859 4/18/2009 7:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 61 KB
16 Status 0x789b45fb3d386e629c983ca6db5639f9 1/21/2009 11:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 61 KB
17 Status 0x6f1508599705d321806008b1d9602cff 5/10/2008 11:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown Identity Verification 56 KB


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