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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 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: 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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ekrn.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: 0.24%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 69 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ekrn.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xa5f63285c1b6c4b396d9ace0dffc88ef 12/29/2017 3:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 714 KB
2 Status 0x7fe34fd5652c54bda8d2df8ac92e833a 8/5/2016 2:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1310 KB
3 Status 0x191d8eccc40f05b52fac0513f35ba01d 2/11/2016 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 791 KB
4 Status 0xcb143dcd8864442cfcf37629002766e3 1/14/2016 7:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
5 Status 0xf1db56a7c59278dc68de7dbfe9f6c73b 7/2/2015 4:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1311 KB
6 Status 0xcd76857c30bb34d5d9e02a7c9de5fb9e 1/27/2015 12:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 791 KB
7 Status 0xf0eebac2f362aa866188a1c0ef819cb9 1/22/2015 12:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
8 Status 0x6576cdef9945dfa6bae25fa0119468e9 1/18/2015 2:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 891 KB
9 Status 0xde0542189b2853e6118c42a9d6b7c2a7 1/13/2015 4:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 457 KB
10 Status 0xd543e7e8bcae3f5d256335eee809adf5 12/11/2014 7:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 710 KB
11 Status 0x1d36c991132b92ba1e18783b065184e3 11/13/2014 10:34:00 PM Unknown 3.0.642 Eset Service (NOD32) / Smart Security 457 KB
12 Status 0x8791f03854611deac8d2967c1c958a7e 11/8/2014 9:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 714 KB
13 Status 0x501c1787ca4fac7f6e9f585e96eb2fac 9/26/2014 8:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1302 KB
14 Status 0xefa198f8983d064a81052851f7bb80c2 8/16/2014 9:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 791 KB
15 Status 0xb44ac8e10898d39243f8033a6c3b7132 12/18/2013 12:28:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 710 KB
16 Status 0x92d594450a59686da534e9bc5782ef58 3/22/2013 6:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1310 KB
17 Status 0xe95ab781773870bd68abe1ae1b57a8ac 12/25/2012 10:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1298 KB
18 Status 0x52f63774a1866258bf64488a75ca1757 9/30/2012 7:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1257 KB
19 Status 0xfb5453892ec5cf4626d2077832f0081c 7/30/2012 9:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
20 Status 0x41310c7b494cd29af2849df72b1512f1 7/23/2012 5:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 936 KB
21 Status 0x2d24e005a0326f6f0823cce22db929f7 6/12/2012 8:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 1092 KB
22 Status 0x3b944199f8edd76be94460c0361409ab 5/26/2012 7:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 952 KB
23 Status 0x8471f4c783aa72d801a83309f3cbaa37 4/28/2012 11:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 795 KB
24 Status 0x09549e695970ed5d53404dcf1d774f4e 2/4/2012 10:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset Service (NOD32) 457 KB
25 Status 0xf5179458b21780a88056c142f395406f 2/4/2012 1:18:00 PM Unknown 3.0.642 Eset Service (NOD32) / Smart Security 461 KB


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