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What is cssauth.exe? cssauth.exe?

Vendor:      Lenovo
Product:     Client Security Solution
Vendor Website:      http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
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.
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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: cssauth.exe - ThinkVantage Client Security solution application.

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


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cssauth.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 10 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
cssauth.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x91cfbfc27586db0ee3ae5e324583f910 2/3/2018 10:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3021 KB
2 Status 0xad75f6bee730139a5ef2e2e2df537b7a 12/27/2016 2:20:00 AM Unknown 8.00.0306.00 cssauth.exe 2569 KB
3 Status 0xd41a93ac67954ab5fd82fd782a15eef6 9/6/2016 4:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3005 KB
4 Status 0xb2296b4c63eaef91a7b57d7d139d4f2d 7/22/2016 9:52:00 PM Unknown 8.00.0306.00 cssauth.exe 2569 KB
5 Status 0x04e9d2ec3c510493bca20ba42f85544a 4/5/2016 1:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 2569 KB
6 Status 0xa62e4ba44e9c141bb52a5d155e8bf63b 11/18/2015 8:48:00 PM Unknown 7.00.0052.00 cssauth.exe 2286 KB
7 Status 0x73bbec9a650e8fe18c3953432d7e2566 2/24/2015 11:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3017 KB
8 Status 0xbc7c0d6e3440c31091202a21b8829292 2/22/2015 5:31:00 PM Unknown 6.00.0027.00 cssauth.exe 1941 KB
9 Status 0x80704709bd61cd2acd58778d78e0e73b 1/29/2015 3:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3001 KB
10 Status 0x10ed33c6983e0a8477bc2409fb31e248 1/29/2015 1:45:00 AM Unknown 8.10.0006.00 cssauth.exe 2805 KB
11 Status 0x3fb4bef7b2ee574700047a269d9bec83 12/12/2014 4:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3021 KB
12 Status 0x39b31d041216efdaa68624a3c3e6c930 11/16/2014 8:32:00 AM Unknown 8.00.0118.00 cssauth.exe 2557 KB
13 Status 0x1950d172cf1c65cc81b084cd3c425766 12/7/2012 5:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3021 KB
14 Status 0x0bb0987011ae55c8953bfb3f8be8f5ee 6/9/2012 11:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3005 KB
15 Status 0xd46e3d906fe322b1727272c4293ede18 1/19/2012 6:38:00 PM Unknown 8.00.0117.00 cssauth.exe 2553 KB
16 Status 0x67c3acae33e74b52b73aca628ce10f5c 9/13/2011 9:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3009 KB
17 Status 0x8fa6ce00f45331124d38afed992bb961 9/2/2011 5:29:00 PM Unknown 7.00.0052.00 cssauth.exe 2286 KB
18 Status 0x2608f762d558013e493054c6a9b34b22 8/24/2011 2:13:00 AM Unknown 7.00.0015.00 cssauth.exe 2278 KB
19 Status 0x5808ec960efb0e072e53cfbedb1f804a 8/19/2011 11:25:00 PM Unknown 8.00.0117.00 cssauth.exe 2553 KB
20 Status 0x6902f7c3cf78150d7900cb5c13015a06 8/11/2011 8:58:00 PM Unknown 6.01.0044.00 cssauth.exe 1949 KB
21 Status 0x9bd68205c384db1bbfefca900bb503dc 6/28/2011 8:59:00 PM Unknown 8.00.0305.00 cssauth.exe 2569 KB
22 Status 0x71d6a54b97dc0052ce248d6f955ddbe9 6/13/2011 11:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3021 KB
23 Status 0x6cfd0cd1156afef0dd5f937f3f33ae00 5/16/2011 1:00:00 AM Unknown 8.00.0306.00 cssauth.exe 2569 KB
24 Status 0xbe77173d33519d87fa6937eda5ab5aff 5/4/2011 10:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown cssauth.exe 3037 KB
25 Status 0x132dbd33920c2fb2a530533b10458fba 1/21/2011 1:00:00 AM Unknown 7.00.0056.00 cssauth.exe 2286 KB


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