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What is ekrn.exe? Eset Service (NOD32)

Vendor:      ESET
Product:     Eset Smart Security
Vendor Website:      http://www.eset.com/products/nod32.php
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is questionablePC Pitstop 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: ekrn.exe is a detection engine for ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus.
ekrn is "who" detects and remove virus, spyware, etc.

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

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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 69 MB

Program Name MD5 Count
ekrn.exe

MD5 Hashes
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x501c1787ca4fac7f6e9f585e96eb2fac More File Information 5/20/2013 Signed 0 0 1 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0x7fe34fd5652c54bda8d2df8ac92e833a 4/3/2013 10:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1310 KB
2 Status 0x92d594450a59686da534e9bc5782ef58 3/22/2013 6:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1310 KB
3 Status 0x501c1787ca4fac7f6e9f585e96eb2fac 1/26/2013 6:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1302 KB
4 Status 0xe95ab781773870bd68abe1ae1b57a8ac 12/25/2012 10:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1298 KB
5 Status 0x6576cdef9945dfa6bae25fa0119468e9 12/21/2012 7:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 891 KB
6 Status 0x52f63774a1866258bf64488a75ca1757 9/30/2012 7:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1257 KB
7 Status 0xfb5453892ec5cf4626d2077832f0081c 7/30/2012 9:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
8 Status 0x41310c7b494cd29af2849df72b1512f1 7/23/2012 5:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 936 KB
9 Status 0x2d24e005a0326f6f0823cce22db929f7 6/12/2012 8:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1092 KB
10 Status 0x3b944199f8edd76be94460c0361409ab 5/26/2012 7:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
11 Status 0xad4faade819e0da9933bea7c01d2c763 5/17/2012 6:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 891 KB
12 Status 0x8471f4c783aa72d801a83309f3cbaa37 4/28/2012 11:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 795 KB
13 Status 0x80d9141ff39b15cd00e29b151ef8c6b8 2/27/2012 5:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 795 KB
14 Status 0xc7bb95cf9631aa401e4aded1648f6af7 2/7/2012 9:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
15 Status 0x49485fa5c3a8a5ce866b281e75e99f24 2/7/2012 4:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 461 KB
16 Status 0xcd76857c30bb34d5d9e02a7c9de5fb9e 2/7/2012 5:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 791 KB
17 Status 0xd543e7e8bcae3f5d256335eee809adf5 2/6/2012 9:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 710 KB
18 Status 0x191d8eccc40f05b52fac0513f35ba01d 2/6/2012 12:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 791 KB
19 Status 0x09549e695970ed5d53404dcf1d774f4e 2/4/2012 10:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 457 KB
20 Status 0xa5f63285c1b6c4b396d9ace0dffc88ef 2/4/2012 8:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 714 KB
21 Status 0xf5179458b21780a88056c142f395406f 2/4/2012 1:18:00 PM Unknown 3.0.642 Eset Service (NOD32) / Smart Security 461 KB
22 Status 0xfddad27e9a20d0dac04facbf67afbfc1 2/4/2012 3:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 718 KB
23 Status 0x3543c6195d5ed4eda0316d3e1ba0e6ee 2/3/2012 4:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 718 KB
24 Status 0xde0542189b2853e6118c42a9d6b7c2a7 2/3/2012 1:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 457 KB
25 Status 0x9737fc97b5c941f083c4e46cbcce2d4a 2/1/2012 8:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 718 KB



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