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What is mbamservice.exe? Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware?

Vendor:      Malwarebytes Corporation
Product:     Malwarebytes
Vendor Website:      http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.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: mbamservice.exe is part of Malwaretyes' Anti-Malware application. This program is required to run on startup in order to benefit from its functionality or so that the program will work.

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


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mbamservice.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 6%
Average RAM for this program: 42 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
mbamservice.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xf0252e1bfe32eb6bac27461d72662b2f 2/3/2016 11:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 296 KB
2 Status 0x47902a906ace88580b08ff58d4c0c205 1/19/2016 11:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 297 KB
3 Status 0xf73d50073056f03a300459f693df025d 7/8/2015 10:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 685 KB
4 Status 0x83e3a2e63e193d76a8a1f2bcbad863d7 5/25/2015 3:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 355 KB
5 Status 0xde199f3aa9c541a349af95a5c72a71af 4/14/2015 6:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 637 KB
6 Status 0x299151a72a950f83e8aa569ab47099ac 2/17/2015 9:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 270 KB
7 Status 0x916b8954ac3e06dc9e898affb41f3fb6 2/3/2015 5:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 666 KB
8 Status 0xba400ed640bca1eae5c727ae17c10207 1/31/2015 6:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 639 KB
9 Status 0x6e10e2940d0a1e1d997761d6fcd29158 12/29/2014 7:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 685 KB
10 Status 0x20e2469db709fc675e655ceaa11be312 11/9/2014 4:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 661 KB
11 Status 0x94e920be59b9ab65d95e582dbaa136ac 10/6/2014 8:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 357 KB
12 Status 0x43683e970f008c93c9429ef428147a54 9/19/2014 9:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 640 KB
13 Status 0xc7eb4c8d124b64383a6bb4c7a5539d0e 9/18/2014 10:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 230 KB
14 Status 0x5e30fa7ffb73198c1aeee8a1b97ed9bf 9/14/2014 12:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 840 KB
15 Status 0xecfb4f401ff8eefc4fd0142a71f2449d 9/3/2014 8:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 840 KB
16 Status 0x662b8f21a06350218f26ba320cd457b1 7/14/2014 1:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 296 KB
17 Status 0xa8e7f3db083eb0839dfc1c763cdd2594 7/14/2014 4:07:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 837 KB
18 Status 0xeb01386f548b74988ee9d8cbaa581afb 5/24/2014 12:44:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 840 KB
19 Status 0xe0864e7a2496b780194ed946e8e089db 5/2/2014 12:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 837 KB
20 Status 0xe62ea096bd13eecc4bf7fa70c9223b46 4/14/2014 10:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 837 KB
21 Status 0x2cfc417eed3bf5dda255cb7ef7e09d45 3/26/2014 10:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 837 KB
22 Status 0x8fa4f9eb5dc92778174f9a1c1f6712fc 2/24/2014 5:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 661 KB
23 Status 0x0b26d2634febf351229619f4e80d1cc1 12/2/2013 2:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 685 KB
24 Status 0x47a6adafd1b315e8f411794660acbd3c 3/29/2013 12:08:00 AM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 661 KB
25 Status 0xe1503d7a219c50622ffc4789e3fa680f 12/5/2012 8:24:00 PM Unknown Unknown Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 661 KB


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