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What is googlecrashhandler.exe? GoogleCrashHandler

Vendor:      Google Inc
Product:     Google Update
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: GoogleCrashHandler.exe is a helper file for the Google Update software, if you have Google Update installed on your system, you will see an instance of GoogleCrashHandler running when you visit the processes tab in Task manager. GoogleCrashHandler.exe runs continuously on your computer if you’ve selected to send anonymous usage statistics and crash reports to Google for certain Google software, like Google Chrome. It helps send crash details to Google when your Google software unexpectedly shuts down. They use this data to help determine how to prevent these errors from happening in the future. To stop GoogleCrashHandler.exe from running, turn off the sending of usage statistics and crash reports for all the Google software on your computer.

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

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googlecrashhandler.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.98%
Average CPU use for this program: null%
Average RAM for this program: null MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
googlecrashhandler.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x5466909c288218d868aab8061d308e71 More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 2 2 6 Not Applicable
2 Status 0xbecdda0990debd72a30096533521ad73 More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 28 412 68401 Not Applicable
3 Status 0xae5a69f44c1f97edc83237fc0b29b6fb More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 4 54 236 Not Applicable
4 Status 0x93f29e6964baef31e53d203992b0afd4 More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 18 179 1373 Not Applicable
5 Status 0x9970c2aa0e9d7f8bdbcc481130ac385d More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 1 3 13 Not Applicable
6 Status 0x76b35cb0f3a4e69d6dff27f542b9f856 More File Information 5/23/2013 Signed 4744 30817 72100 Not Applicable
7 Status 0xd566847532183a720a0177565014cb73 More File Information 5/22/2013 Signed 0 5 19 Not Applicable
8 Status 0xa5f28c8e37b3d4f310f1b52f4db4b47f More File Information 5/22/2013 Signed 0 1 2 Not Applicable
9 Status 0xde35c2310aa5c7cba03e454cdc5a6ea2 More File Information 5/18/2013 Signed 0 1 9 Not Applicable
10 Status 0x99bce67dff1a5d1cd0233e5699dbefb8 More File Information 5/13/2013 Signed 0 0 4 Not Applicable
11 Status 0x0731c1c224668d011a7fd564ce58b825 More File Information 5/12/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
12 Status 0x29c12f26c6075ab69c473e1b081f4651 More File Information 5/12/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
13 Status 0x5d9c470085ddfef1cae10755e03ca7c3 More File Information 5/8/2013 Signed 0 0 2 Not Applicable
14 Status 0x975a3190eb50eac7aa89488233e18294 More File Information 4/28/2013 Signed 0 0 4 Not Applicable
15 Status 0xa9867222ae8a4a96d18ce6db6e3a2310 More File Information 3/22/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
16 Status 0x77be95ceb6a9096df359bd45df644703 More File Information 3/9/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x47307337e653b3f54149d11917d6fc69 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
18 Status 0x72e6defb69668dc580a8d454f612cf1c More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
19 Status 0x37ce3f960beec755d0e04e4140e93638 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
20 Status 0xb697ac4c3ae0f902472e4a9d9e6e6e22 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
21 Status 0x6872f453081813dcdd5c97f581b8aabe More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
22 Status 0x22c1cd7c641fe360734a88156d0ffcfe More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
23 Status 0xfc7d7dc8665be64f191a199bafa2d4e8 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
24 Status 0x96307858183c84f1e0eb3450f0f99d46 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
25 Status 0x2c4e4832e8a95f868fd0e9be416b4e1e More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
26 Status 0x8444693a9652f525f38edaf6dbb25a26 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
27 Status 0x9e01e43cb667ca5c136f6ccf218adaf1 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
28 Status 0xb6be03bd5cf590108e7facbc88fb620f More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
29 Status 0xcda4dfeae66dff29b7bea1b00709604b More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
30 Status 0xe14e834982820da2aa9c1bcb3cfc9f78 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Virus.Win32.Sality.ah (v)
31 Status 0x0eb94c51db6e0832801b366bc03e62d7 More File Information No Data Unsigned 0 0 0 Virus.Win32.Sality.ah (v)
32 Status 0x6376549e0506bac3a35e00bf638bf072 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 Last Seen File Date Revision Common Name Size
1 Status 0x99bce67dff1a5d1cd0233e5699dbefb8 2/8/2012 12:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB
2 Status 0xde35c2310aa5c7cba03e454cdc5a6ea2 2/1/2012 10:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB
3 Status 0x2c4e4832e8a95f868fd0e9be416b4e1e 1/31/2012 4:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB
4 Status 0x22c1cd7c641fe360734a88156d0ffcfe 1/23/2012 8:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB
5 Status 0xa9867222ae8a4a96d18ce6db6e3a2310 1/20/2012 1:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB
6 Status 0x0731c1c224668d011a7fd564ce58b825 1/18/2012 1:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown GoogleCrashHandler 0 KB



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