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What is dssagent.exe? Broderbund DSSagent

Vendor:      Br
Product:     Br
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Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: DSSAGENT.EXE - A registration reminder for Mattel Interactive (Broderbund) applications and games. Reported to cause problems with some networks, and create heavy CPU usage. There are also reports of the module being installed by AOL 6.0 and hammering the DNS server with requests for www.brodcast.net. This product pops up un-solicited advertisements and analyses computer usage. The information is then sent back to the companies servers.

dssagent.exe DISABLE AND REMOVE. Intrusive adware or spyware.

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dssagent.exe Technical Information

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

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
dssagent.exe




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