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What is daemon.exe? Virtual CD?

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Vendor Website:      http://www.daemon-tools.cc
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: daemon.exe allows a CD image (for example an ISO file) to be mounted as if it were a CD. If you are not using this feature you can uninstall the software, but it is safe to leave running.

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


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daemon.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
daemon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x1542d48bef0c07513453cdef1577bb79 6/28/2018 11:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 675 KB
2 Status 0x804fbb66ec6ca862b840d173efc638a7 3/7/2017 7:29:00 PM Unknown 3.47.0.0 Virtual CD 80 KB
3 Status 0x58e27f1906888a9c60730a9e766ed1ac 2/15/2016 9:32:00 AM Unknown 4.10.0.0 Virtual CD 163 KB
4 Status 0xdec6e3b7d0510900f8f0658caa2cff40 10/10/2015 7:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 3080 KB
5 Status 0xaa60af12292cf97b4b9e35af88cabe62 5/24/2015 6:48:00 PM Unknown 3.10.0.0 Virtual CD 72 KB
6 Status 0xd050311a72d10d4d2cffacf5728fc978 10/6/2014 4:56:00 AM Unknown 4.03.0.0 Virtual CD 129 KB
7 Status 0x3bb5e5802431dc7a47c20b1cf41a01e8 10/3/2014 9:04:00 PM Unknown 4.10.0.0 Virtual CD 167 KB
8 Status 0x8c8983d282e9d6d3609988b0a2dee242 2/20/2014 12:59:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 361 KB
9 Status 0x3720cee9f9c4655cadc2a3ff0635520e 2/22/2013 12:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 3078 KB
10 Status 0x3cc5fe45cf123d6a233f7bf40bead88d 1/25/2013 8:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 337 KB
11 Status 0x1be86afdea226f17197f18bf30074aa5 2/6/2012 4:41:00 PM Unknown 4.10.0.0 Virtual CD 167 KB
12 Status 0x36d773cbea37ab24966963a9b4891227 2/1/2012 2:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 479 KB
13 Status 0x4323a5ee3ebc7f5681cd41b69360d2d4 2/1/2012 3:07:00 AM Unknown 4.08.0.0 Virtual CD 153 KB
14 Status 0x71d55fe46cd64afba728d42c8c8ebeca 1/30/2012 2:32:00 PM Unknown 4.06.0.0 Virtual CD 153 KB
15 Status 0x86527bd9cddcb84dc3117e098e6111ed 1/26/2012 5:52:00 AM Unknown 4.11.2.0 Virtual CD 475 KB
16 Status 0xb3507538a9ba346a898150032869a523 1/25/2012 7:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 475 KB
17 Status 0x2ac015cd0d8aa59e4aad8effe29798ef 1/22/2012 8:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 671 KB
18 Status 0x5478d9c041a719147178ede93c0e85af 1/11/2012 10:20:00 AM Unknown 4.10.0.0 Virtual CD 163 KB
19 Status 0x7fe662041ce93f79dd20bd57be151b3e 9/16/2011 9:04:00 AM Unknown 4.10.0.0 Virtual CD 163 KB
20 Status 0xd32d9228786b7803d5586f15e756a398 9/9/2011 9:20:00 PM Unknown 4.11.1.0 Virtual CD 475 KB
21 Status 0x77a3fd8eddc71599ed308da5c630de39 8/20/2011 3:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Virtual CD 211 KB
22 Status 0x624e632328cedd3ace8636d6430628b0 8/19/2011 8:53:00 PM Unknown 4.00.0.0 Virtual CD 125 KB
23 Status 0x4f0aa2fa0f0474ffdde35204eaba2fa4 8/18/2011 2:42:00 AM Unknown 3.46.0.0 Virtual CD 80 KB
24 Status 0x41ef114a880a09073daab645c38c5e4a 8/18/2011 1:57:00 AM Unknown 4.09.0.0 Virtual CD 161 KB
25 Status 0x29558f353bf08144bef088503ddcfadf 8/15/2011 8:57:00 AM Unknown 4.12.1.0 Virtual CD 475 KB


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