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What is bwsvc.exe? Buffalo Wireless?

Vendor:      BUFFALO
Product:     BUFFALO Wireless Service
Vendor Website:      http://www.buffalowireless.net/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: bwsvc.exe - This is a Wireless Lan Application from Buffalo Wireless Service.

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


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bwsvc.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: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
bwsvc.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x4dbc8b9d1406321f769635345b969248 9/16/2014 3:17:00 AM Unknown 2, 2, 2, 1 Buffalo Wireless 452 KB
2 Status 0x2e40580209891e11d40f976a8b970781 2/7/2012 8:12:00 PM Unknown 2, 2, 1, 4 Buffalo Wireless 452 KB
3 Status 0x2509ca00724c1d2c93170252c23cfbc6 8/27/2011 7:30:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 3, 2 Buffalo Wireless 388 KB
4 Status 0x06c282a74b20ad11b4a9629215fa74c1 3/5/2011 11:43:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 4, 1 Buffalo Wireless 136 KB
5 Status 0x2662266304999d7b425bb700ce0bd4f3 10/21/2010 12:21:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 3, 2 Buffalo Wireless 136 KB
6 Status 0x7c052265fbabc379e853aa8888ae918a 7/31/2010 1:13:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 2, 2 Buffalo Wireless 136 KB
7 Status 0xd88a5a21ecc5799024c45b2751be49f5 3/11/2010 12:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Buffalo Wireless 132 KB
8 Status 0x4a6c2e940ce6bad5e4085cb949685035 3/6/2010 11:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Buffalo Wireless 136 KB
9 Status 0x78c01838970c84293cb8be5b4ad2227b 1/3/2010 2:58:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 5, 1 Buffalo Wireless 136 KB
10 Status 0xdf065b3894bc263b3884d87cf2114af1 7/16/2008 1:14:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 1, 8 Buffalo Wireless 388 KB


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