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ehtray.exe (Microsoft eHome)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 4.19%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

ehtray.exe is part of Microsoft eHome, used on Media Center PCs.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

ehtray.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.



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.


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 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
ehtray.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xc816173bb55e309f57e22338b58907b227648 bytes
20x4fb78ba6acd61a5be8589b77a1688cc4405504 bytes
30xffe419d47070f49506e1ddb7a6de554f14860 bytes
40x90ca056fddbba3f146f37888ff07a77e388608 bytes
50x5bd70bc19a8350920eb91f8b956598cf403968 bytes
60x0298f6eea6d77703981cd0bc9932acaa14348 bytes
70x2d883d7f1633c2ef0b72ec1a9eb42a9e26636 bytes
80xdaa67a841fcd9e1eb9805f64e24e73bf14348 bytes
90xcd742ed3c6c6ca5070c10dea8175337c50176 bytes
100xcc0768820d430a593f27b9ddfaf24bd050176 bytes
110xf90137a9897071ede961a5aba4ea524f59392 bytes
120x7a21e06385e748e9cb0252f1bbc493f164512 bytes
130xf5bfd386ab31fba0c992ce560c4b0003408576 bytes
140x39b82f7dc51768e7b5ec7bc0dcdd30d8403968 bytes
150xe151b2b669cac9ec090c5150d68da610407552 bytes
160x9eb27404f82bef8c21904dcac53bfa9214348 bytes
170x594060c878a6ba249cf737ef89fbb3ea50176 bytes
180xe80ff29b5e442f6503fb8a9aeb13e58c125952 bytes
190xe243d939c99b6667cb8e399813f2425d50176 bytes
200xcef0e7b7e75fafdcdd2e4e06b8b54780125952 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. ehtray.exe (Microsoft eHome) has been seen on 4.19% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 1 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.