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What is ddwmon.exe? ddwmon.exe?

Vendor:      TOSHIBA
Product:     TOSHIBA Direct Disc Writer
Vendor Website:      http://www.toshiba.com/tai-new/
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: ddwmon.exe - Toshiba disk utility.

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


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ddwmon.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ddwmon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x8a9350d8e866d162104d7a16f03d538d 6/11/2017 11:11:00 PM Unknown 1.1.0.0 ddwmon.exe 484 KB
2 Status 0x14273a29cc670f43e3ce931b38c3729d 8/6/2016 8:09:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 292 KB
3 Status 0xa3f6908aca6d4fdcbd224e8a9a43277b 1/5/2016 10:51:00 PM Unknown 1.1.0.0 ddwmon.exe 304 KB
4 Status 0x7600935dd3635ea4a2a900abd6e1ffda 8/20/2014 2:29:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
5 Status 0xee588dd482e967600cd95fe8d4114318 9/17/2011 5:20:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.5 ddwmon.exe 288 KB
6 Status 0x70997ab13d26818f87b40434874d6ae5 8/18/2011 3:47:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 268 KB
7 Status 0xf9d1861724e3d2bac9bc11ac0052cb9c 4/11/2011 8:39:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
8 Status 0xdb1433694b60c3913deae5b3c112619f 1/2/2011 11:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
9 Status 0xb1b78e9d792032cb279e86c85aa727ff 9/25/2010 6:27:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.7 ddwmon.exe 292 KB
10 Status 0x5bf20c1fc132b802a0d9457914ff73f4 9/16/2010 2:21:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.5 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
11 Status 0x35760b047c19babb8b9607b1e41dd2bf 8/2/2010 8:22:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
12 Status 0x989024afcf600ea3f3cc9329441aead4 3/14/2010 10:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 288 KB
13 Status 0x74d161dcce9616f31536539f077355d3 1/22/2010 12:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
14 Status 0x53d87d4672e0034be0f05cdf2dedc47b 1/16/2010 12:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 328 KB
15 Status 0xc8de104858f530945ca4621e5ef1c166 1/12/2010 5:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 316 KB
16 Status 0xd44a115604f662c9abcc701a40fab4d3 8/21/2009 5:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 268 KB
17 Status 0x532c3e2ff94144a09bc45b81dee45654 8/16/2009 8:15:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.3 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
18 Status 0x6d8a8e1b89fd3a5adab7050865df4dad 7/22/2009 11:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
19 Status 0x9459345c3ab43991a977ebc44c6344bd 7/3/2009 4:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
20 Status 0x3ba15e0673b46a2a940f4df70210ef3f 5/13/2009 7:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
21 Status 0x2de4f241b0b0eb1982757fa5c77d3633 4/18/2009 4:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 256 KB
22 Status 0x986ef03f49ca60a2ac5bffb3f32d52af 4/12/2009 4:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 312 KB
23 Status 0x4192907c9085d6cd0721bf3640082bc0 3/12/2009 11:20:00 PM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 256 KB
24 Status 0x6197997f956c506ce16bf3ccb7285c2a 3/9/2009 6:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown ddwmon.exe 276 KB
25 Status 0x07c417dc8f5ff95ace6e16f185838e93 12/15/2008 12:26:00 AM Unknown 1.0.0.9 ddwmon.exe 256 KB


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