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What is emule.exe? eMule?

Vendor:      http://www.emule-project.net
Product:     eMule
Vendor Website:      http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1
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: emule.exe - eMule is a peer-to-peer file sharing client. Be sure and check the path. eMule.exe should be in the Program Files folder. If it's in the system or system32 folder, it was dropped by the W32/Rbot-ALZ WORM!

emule.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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emule.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 54 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
emule.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf3f709c2d49dd6636f4ede5c2cae5448 5/8/2018 8:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5624 KB
2 Status 0x5e45d9ad9addbd03fc77b55ed5c20af8 5/19/2012 10:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown eMule 2134 KB
3 Status 0x471a5c37997388fd31e1c4e1817e8657 2/18/2012 9:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 6148 KB
4 Status 0x849ac9127b17eaeaed813467beac0fc8 12/20/2011 11:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5624 KB
5 Status 0xdd74bf295b85225844536e9b5edfcc80 6/4/2011 4:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 6092 KB
6 Status 0x02c6ad811508b0186f87b3f3209987c4 5/30/2011 2:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown eMule 8551 KB
7 Status 0x60ec4bc29892a106942ec0122f5a39de 3/27/2011 12:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5536 KB
8 Status 0x1d5000a7aef5e2270d8cb0dbd133df2e 2/15/2011 3:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown eMule 1736 KB
9 Status 0x5a8c3f6286680de02e90ebfa6f3ebd07 2/8/2011 7:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5352 KB
10 Status 0xfd92edea98e12022702120b29dbf86ac 1/14/2011 8:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown eMule 2133 KB
11 Status 0x867cc931facaab0cf0898ce09fe349f3 10/24/2010 4:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5296 KB
12 Status 0x347b5bbdf44f8af2643c0629e5b133ff 10/21/2010 5:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5104 KB
13 Status 0x45d1648724123669962dba211d2c64aa 8/13/2010 7:23:00 PM Unknown 0.48.0 Unicode eMule 5184 KB
14 Status 0x6057228ee82f31f33ae20320ded6f396 7/20/2010 6:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 6815 KB
15 Status 0x8b582ca6dda56136fbf40d1aa1f3fdd8 5/24/2010 3:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 4848 KB
16 Status 0xa5872f3e7f9376eac1675d494af0c794 5/15/2010 12:01:00 PM Unknown 0.48.0 Unicode eMule 5196 KB
17 Status 0xf00d70594908724b0e32aa972284eb1d 5/13/2010 7:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown eMule 5536 KB
18 Status 0x183ecfc04d8dd712bfb56095c873ef65 5/8/2010 10:25:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5520 KB
19 Status 0x86551e9bf49209c8027a9baaafdb0c86 5/1/2010 8:31:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5620 KB
20 Status 0x589e8198262cb3ef407f99cb291ed2e1 4/19/2010 4:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 4600 KB
21 Status 0xcd303fae5324c6c644ca223d395abf79 4/9/2010 11:30:00 AM Unknown 0.47.2 Unicode eMule 4884 KB
22 Status 0x40741793e9da1597cee5f0217493e2d4 4/4/2010 8:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5709 KB
23 Status 0xf26bdc41cf5a39c4e836c0c386241236 4/2/2010 12:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 2159 KB
24 Status 0x87cee1124b7bed2c295ca7de5027424b 4/2/2010 12:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown eMule 5620 KB
25 Status 0xbc154d631ef8c6df1c25b045972703bd 3/31/2010 5:39:00 PM Unknown 0.48.0 Unicode eMule 5180 KB


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