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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



cidgloballight.exe (CallingID)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.17%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 11 MB


In addition to the file name, cidgloballight.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:CallingID Ltd
Product contains:CallingID
File name contains:CIDGlobalLight.exe

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


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.callingid.com/Default.aspx



Win Patrol

cidgloballight.exe is a process from CallingID Ltd. belonging to CallingID.

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

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

Program Name MD5 Count
cidgloballight.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0x8c82512a4f58e8881f20a481c3d55613 369 KB
2 0x693982568d741b81f1f6fa99558f0d17 343 KB
3 0x3a6cf6cf5a91cf1320e257514afd8d8c 433 KB
4 0x1db99cb6875a46bfea68d57b82e7ef84 364 KB
5 0x6be5e1c1c506c54455d593c5b1f6d875 449 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x9988e2781ba20d90fdee4e6976417075 873912 bytes
7 0xf9b838495b0d9b792c79b376a6ffb583 460216 bytes
8 0x38344743d01c5f83847d2d0598f8ca98 452024 bytes
9 0xacd9e9bb58e2f0248ab0dda6dc9d8eb4 873912 bytes
10 0x2e608c3f5a80d7798ae3080176f5dba6 1103976 bytes

Match #2



cidgloballight.exe (CIDGlobalLight.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB


In addition to the file name, cidgloballight.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:CallingID Ltd.
Product contains:CallingID
File name contains:\Program Files\CallingID\Light\CIDGlobalLight.exe

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




Win Patrol

CIDGlobalLight.exe -

cidgloballight.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

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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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