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What is dwwin.exe? DrWatson?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft Application Error Reporting
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.
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: dwwin.exe is the executable for the DrWatson error information collection service activated by a Windows crash.

dwwin.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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dwwin.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: 4 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
dwwin.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x86042f6f6a5287eaf9379c91d0bf72b6 10/18/2015 8:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
2 Status 0x50bd19456a24359bef63aee5de277316 5/10/2012 12:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 184 KB
3 Status 0x28e0270a18b61c7fbc4e589d29e791d4 1/13/2012 12:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
4 Status 0x0c32d4fbe5b6dd94aab4431eee7f5094 9/15/2011 11:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
5 Status 0x7c25440617eee6f69709aa8c915d2c32 8/31/2011 2:57:00 AM Unknown 10.0.5815 DrWatson 176 KB
6 Status 0xd3b31c40e42ddbb84415fc2c4fd57ca5 8/19/2011 6:06:00 PM Unknown 10.0.5815 DrWatson 176 KB
7 Status 0x9a02cc6c840d09ae5ba5758d4adc451c 6/29/2011 12:01:00 AM Unknown 10.0.4024 DrWatson 176 KB
8 Status 0x314af8c9e0d4e9a6836f8f0bd3f77e6f 4/25/2011 2:03:00 PM Unknown 10.0.5815 DrWatson 182 KB
9 Status 0xe948779c895a9934600d0272cd27647e 12/21/2010 3:13:00 AM Unknown 10.0.5815 DrWatson 176 KB
10 Status 0xb01ccc01f565a057bbcd85fe4e25c2b1 10/29/2010 7:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
11 Status 0x5bf2f5084c1d63a96f5f06acc7cdfb39 10/19/2010 11:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
12 Status 0xdd80524c67af4017a7abe51c99d1a33a 5/5/2010 10:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
13 Status 0x816a688ba77b2a30e21fbcb99f8f376d 4/20/2010 7:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 328 KB
14 Status 0x89d76741c624c8c6e0ff4f048d261ff4 4/6/2010 6:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 196 KB
15 Status 0x29613887fb191a4a72e1e04d066fb53f 3/31/2010 11:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
16 Status 0x9cfcc4cd95fdaae371ce759831473f88 3/29/2010 8:15:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 196 KB
17 Status 0x3420ff3f3df7ea7950847635981c66b2 3/5/2010 12:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
18 Status 0x67b3ce7c472d0972bdce205a209eaf79 2/25/2010 3:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
19 Status 0xdf976a1e036356763b30d94972ec0612 2/3/2010 1:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 196 KB
20 Status 0x6dc562a7999477fc35360a03fc1f5e76 12/27/2009 5:54:00 PM Unknown 10.0.5815 DrWatson 176 KB
21 Status 0xf73ff53d38b0d9c1f9eeee1e440f354e 12/23/2009 6:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 196 KB
22 Status 0xc353ef35218272c2242233b4a818784b 12/19/2009 10:08:00 PM Unknown 10.0.3005 DrWatson 158 KB
23 Status 0x5b523ee5fb3a9e69016607ff9c9161a5 11/1/2009 5:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 216 KB
24 Status 0xdfbe6bd019d88c4900594ee4bb2a4809 10/28/2009 1:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB
25 Status 0x0d462a218f943b98aa5232f49b5680c1 10/25/2009 3:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown DrWatson 176 KB


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