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What is kmw_run.exe? Kensington MouseWorks?

Vendor:      Kensington Technology Group
Product:     KMW
Vendor Website:      http://www.kensington.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

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Purpose: kmw_run.exe - Kensington MouseWorks mouse/trackball software. Not required unles you use any special features.

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


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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
kmw_run.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x8085ab023c26df2f38fa5420826da3ce 1/25/2016 3:15:00 PM Unknown 6.3.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
2 Status 0x2436367cdd597d19e6132ebd76af4be3 11/10/2015 12:52:00 PM Unknown 6.22.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
3 Status 0x20fed4c1c65d68e6c09aec49529e1af0 4/24/2015 5:14:00 PM Unknown 6.1.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 100 KB
4 Status 0x1a29b6ec0323ba6a4390e0f75963a010 1/28/2012 11:12:00 PM Unknown 6.20.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 116 KB
5 Status 0x5ee1ad8304f6f9c1fc3ac9b1223f9890 1/20/2012 11:13:00 PM Unknown 6.3.4.2 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
6 Status 0x97f3e4f2d8da81bb2c88608e80879024 1/20/2012 7:29:00 PM Unknown 6.2.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
7 Status 0x213b90e91bcd06869bda0ddf5859cd23 8/20/2011 6:08:00 PM Unknown 6.11.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
8 Status 0xfa3b2683e379a7363a9712ef59c060de 7/19/2011 6:05:00 PM Unknown 6.21.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
9 Status 0xcc3dd298895366f81eb94dde53de68a7 1/22/2011 4:06:00 AM Unknown 6.11.4.2 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
10 Status 0x1ec656109ca2ca189242ab4c907f5924 8/27/2010 1:29:00 AM Unknown 6.10.3.1 Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB
11 Status 0xe5962c402127912277de249f58d51199 10/1/2009 9:22:00 AM Unknown 6.0.4.1 Kensington MouseWorks 48 KB
12 Status 0x8f5bcf289e5e381977a59d00f14162e6 9/14/2009 10:00:00 AM Unknown Unknown Kensington MouseWorks 104 KB


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