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Spyware / Adware
Virus
ehtray.exe (Microsoft eHome)
Prevalence
Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 3.70%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB
Identification
In addition to the file name, ehtray.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.
| Vendor contains: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Product contains: | Windows |
To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.
PC Pitstop Analysis
ehtray.exe is part of Microsoft eHome, used on Media Center PCs.
ehtray.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.
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MD5 Hashes
MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called ehtray.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
| Program Name | MD5 Count |
| ehtray.exe | > 10 |
| MD5 Hashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | |||||
| 1 | 0xc816173bb55e309f57e22338b58907b2 | 27648 bytes | |||||
| 2 | 0x4fb78ba6acd61a5be8589b77a1688cc4 | 405504 bytes | |||||
| 3 | 0xffe419d47070f49506e1ddb7a6de554f | 14860 bytes | |||||
| 4 | 0x90ca056fddbba3f146f37888ff07a77e | 388608 bytes | |||||
| 5 | 0x5bd70bc19a8350920eb91f8b956598cf | 403968 bytes | |||||
| MD5 Hashes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | MD5 | Size | ||
| 6 | 0x0298f6eea6d77703981cd0bc9932acaa | 14348 bytes | ||
| 7 | 0x2d883d7f1633c2ef0b72ec1a9eb42a9e | 26636 bytes | ||
| 8 | 0xdaa67a841fcd9e1eb9805f64e24e73bf | 14348 bytes | ||
| 9 | 0xcd742ed3c6c6ca5070c10dea8175337c | 50176 bytes | ||
| 10 | 0xcc0768820d430a593f27b9ddfaf24bd0 | 50176 bytes | ||
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Important Note
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