PC Pitstop Libraries > Process Library > netsession_win.exe
Welcome to the PC Pitstop process library the most comprehensive and accurate library in the world. All PC Pitstop products are cloud based enabling greater tracking of the world's running processes including malware, good software and performance hogs.

Search For Processes

Process Name

  

What is netsession_win.exe? netsession_win

Vendor:      Akamai Technologies, Inc
Product:     Akamai NetSession Client
Vendor Website:     
Last Seen by PC Pitstop:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Pitstop 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.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: NetSession Interface increases service quality by allowing a limited number of uploads from your computer of the same files you recently downloaded. This upload sharing is geared to have little or no impact on your computer's performance, and you can disable or enable uploading at any time."

netsession_win.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides an easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.


netsession_win.exe is known to be a bad process. Start this Free scan to check your other threats to your PCs security, like this file.
netsession_win.exe could be a harmful process. Start this Free Scan to check for threats to your PC Security.
This information brought to you by PC Matic SuperShield. Start this Free scan to check your threats to your PCs security.
netsession_win.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Check your PC for the bad versions of this file - with this
Free Security Scan.

netsession_win.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 1.20%
Average CPU use for this program: null%
Average RAM for this program: null MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
netsession_win.exe

MD5 Hashes Expand md5 List Collapse md5 List
# Status MD5 File Info Last Seen Signed Day Week Month Threat info
1 Status 0x0c2e901d4c29f7c319c9186585550cee More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 17 123 286 Not Applicable
2 Status 0x7d9477da65cac670e7e620900ad0e10f More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 20 151 625 Not Applicable
3 Status 0xaab979089e192acc0fe1e3c018f8b591 More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 28 171 716 Not Applicable
4 Status 0xa0946e1d50dd86b25cbdf170d32fa700 More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 8 16 40 Not Applicable
5 Status 0xf023a14fe899f5401935cac119a723ce More File Information 6/14/2013 Signed 4 35 87 Not Applicable
6 Status 0xa09c51b308d3417e5879c9fe6d543fcb More File Information 6/1/2013 Signed 0 0 1 Not Applicable
7 Status 0x7ae2120f494195664fdff401f2693ec9 More File Information 3/23/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
8 Status 0x6d68c6031652ba89302ac3d46f689cc4 More File Information 3/14/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
9 Status 0xda1a713998971ca7ab65ad9482c0ff13 More File Information 3/10/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
10 Status 0x1f5f0c160ec3634608f21951e152dfd7 More File Information 1/17/2013 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
11 Status 0x7eacb387b33605faffce16d4e050ea7c More File Information 12/15/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
12 Status 0xd1a176f44001eb63e8b7a5b9c3f6f85d More File Information 12/5/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
13 Status 0x049e65a7779a77abedb182ea8583ded2 More File Information 11/23/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
14 Status 0x87085f022e0535f6caa2f22cf9a18325 More File Information 7/5/2012 Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
15 Status 0x74abb1a78fa651a96e3b420c7c629e34 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
16 Status 0xa9a3086a75afb31cd8c9b10dc286c677 More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
17 Status 0x0d8696e9e238de847f52fcc2d3dc451d More File Information No Data Signed 0 0 0 Not Applicable
18 Status 0x5def300e8a3dd3ef879964c4ca48ec2a 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 0x0c2e901d4c29f7c319c9186585550cee 6/19/2012 1:30:00 AM Unknown Unknown netsession_win 4226 KB
2 Status 0x7eacb387b33605faffce16d4e050ea7c 2/8/2012 4:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown netsession_win 0 KB
3 Status 0x049e65a7779a77abedb182ea8583ded2 2/7/2012 10:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown netsession_win 0 KB
4 Status 0x1f5f0c160ec3634608f21951e152dfd7 2/3/2012 9:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown netsession_win 0 KB
5 Status 0x6d68c6031652ba89302ac3d46f689cc4 1/10/2012 1:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown netsession_win 0 KB



Try a free diagnostic now

PC Pitstop is the undisputed leader in PC diagnostics. Our running process library is culled from our database of over 100 million PC diagnostics and scans.

› Driver Scan
› Total PC Care
› Privacy Scan
› Disk Scan
› Internet Speed Tests
› Get More Tips

Sign up for our FREE Newsletter


Tips from the Pit Crew › Subscribe to TechTalk
› Visit Our Forums

Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.