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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



bluetoothheadsetproxy.exe (Bluetooth Headset Proxy)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


In addition to the file name, bluetoothheadsetproxy.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:Broadcom Corporation.
Product contains:Bluetooth Software

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




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It seems to "connect" the dots. Every time a program wants to connect to the Bluetooth Headset it comes to this software. So, if you not allow it run, software like Skype, MSN, and others will not have the "sound" option.

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

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

Program Name MD5 Count
bluetoothheadsetproxy.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x021e40e61c665fa0cb7fc8e8e3a9c56b 14 KB
2 0x8f32a03acf32dba2434e098770d00d1f 14 KB
3 0x3958ebd476d6e531c6e6ff9d2e0003e2 14 KB
4 0x5baec956b0431342f23c8c32b1fa800c 14 KB
5 0x095538a23de1b61582be1a6af48f1dac 14 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x4d2b34e12c72b57f08e36735304c8ca0 35368 bytes
7 0x9fdec3eaace0380da401f317c29ba04e 14376 bytes
8 0x26271f396cc5cbf07c7f6efcae6fb603 14376 bytes
9 0x8a4482743a649448c83ac3a471305cef 14376 bytes
10 0x5267369c1d88a0f7660f44b4cfb0b275 14376 bytes

Match #2



bluetoothheadsetproxy.exe (BluetoothHeadsetProxy.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


In addition to the file name, bluetoothheadsetproxy.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:Broadcom Corporation.
Product contains:Bluetooth Software
File name contains:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\BluetoothHeadsetProxy.exe

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




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BluetoothHeadsetProxy.exe -

bluetoothheadsetproxy.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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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.

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