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What is drwtsn32.exe? DrWatson for Windows?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
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: drwtsn32.exe - Dr. Watson is a program error debugging tool. If a program error occurs, Dr. Watson will start automatically.

drwtsn32.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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drwtsn32.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: 0.07%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
drwtsn32.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xc9f5e1de6da983e89e714ed80c11f000 12/20/2016 1:49:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
2 Status 0x0c9ac41cc369b7420a7636f208ef1b65 1/31/2012 9:49:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 45 KB
3 Status 0x9a4720eeead3e59082692fae5e34f40a 8/6/2011 12:25:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
4 Status 0xb016b4e84e0680d7b732f1726961facb 7/9/2011 11:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
5 Status 0x6f8ab80e6a245d83b370137ad17f2121 6/2/2011 2:31:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 46 KB
6 Status 0xdbe791b7d66a0ead801e9ead5804c701 4/24/2011 11:55:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 45 KB
7 Status 0x0cb0466aaa7712eb7927fd4eb1bfbb4f 1/2/2011 11:32:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 46 KB
8 Status 0x3fc93eafbcf1ff29d2d8a0300b7aea47 10/25/2010 7:41:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.6699 DrWatson for Windows 70 KB
9 Status 0x303d3a195301beff7268e41a43378e14 8/31/2010 6:41:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 45 KB
10 Status 0x6b89844a57fa2688a9a8de18a866987c 8/25/2010 1:34:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 46 KB
11 Status 0x8f161b3447a67bb3422090e781b0c389 8/20/2010 5:37:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) DrWatson for Windows 48 KB
12 Status 0x09780b15cb61d26e468893f91897e69f 8/17/2010 4:56:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 45 KB
13 Status 0x5f2b0771a8c086dd291958a7f4ce070c 8/6/2010 10:56:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
14 Status 0xda2bbc13f0915c8f3753674a71dd976f 7/9/2010 10:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 92 KB
15 Status 0x05ac029eb510b6c461e41391e6f9b4c3 5/25/2010 4:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 91 KB
16 Status 0xd06184a4057a21ddccc93c3a8c75fde2 4/13/2010 2:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 94 KB
17 Status 0x64313c910690fa552ec6decf6d6e2481 4/7/2010 8:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
18 Status 0x998c5bf2ef77226707dd07c959c50953 3/9/2010 7:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 94 KB
19 Status 0x621c7d5057907e3a9b7d0f551a6c6049 1/26/2010 12:47:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 45 KB
20 Status 0x7a22a762ec3a93d952b77db5f6913170 12/30/2009 7:20:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 92 KB
21 Status 0xfe89f87a13beb56521d60ec6e8c60031 12/6/2009 8:08:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148) DrWatson for Windows 44 KB
22 Status 0xfab683c6f6c20f6834399cc3c35b7ff5 11/16/2009 2:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 46 KB
23 Status 0x4df08e008c2e5a3a4418e9117f1b0f4e 11/1/2009 5:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 84 KB
24 Status 0x4668cbcbbef4e351b337ed271f734e78 10/14/2009 6:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 48 KB
25 Status 0x1de660d142215c15e4550d653832aabb 9/25/2009 11:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson for Windows 64 KB


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