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What is nod32krn.exe? Eset?

Vendor:      Eset
Product:     NOD32 Antivirus System
Vendor Website:      http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm
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: nod32krn.exe is the realtime protection part of the Eset antivirus application

nod32krn.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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nod32krn.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: 0.05%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 31 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
nod32krn.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x274e10527a505addebb79054757bf8bf 1/14/2015 12:13:00 PM Unknown 2, 51, 8 Eset 496 KB
2 Status 0x4f26ea0ac32417a6f364ae55df46ab02 8/29/2014 3:22:00 PM Unknown 2, 50, 32 Eset 484 KB
3 Status 0x82f52e10a4df718ff4ca67d2dbde8d07 8/16/2014 4:06:00 PM Unknown 2, 70, 39 Eset 539 KB
4 Status 0xc0c81a2be22f496b26b3e1ef3f559b83 1/28/2012 11:52:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 16 Eset 536 KB
5 Status 0x5300e3715347a5da5b94aec3177f5f31 1/26/2012 4:07:00 PM Unknown 2, 70, 31 Eset 539 KB
6 Status 0x7da9d9593081cb76fccdab3f14438370 1/16/2012 6:57:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 32 Eset 539 KB
7 Status 0x390c4b78ebfee1b55e1cce676f4089cf 1/12/2012 1:46:00 AM Unknown 2, 51, 28 Eset 496 KB
8 Status 0x11e98f9b6fd6870a3d9446aec8d2f816 8/21/2011 6:50:00 AM Unknown 2, 51, 30 Eset 496 KB
9 Status 0x6e75152c0dac405777574e374fe8e1e3 7/24/2011 5:28:00 AM Unknown 2, 51, 26 Eset 496 KB
10 Status 0x4a1036cc19a9226c843895612409148f 6/14/2011 3:23:00 AM Unknown 2, 51, 20 Eset 496 KB
11 Status 0x4f02465b20d604ec176789ffaa12820a 4/10/2011 4:50:00 PM Unknown 2, 51, 30 Eset 496 KB
12 Status 0x9b18f31c059c5f061d6c628e0a771ec1 2/26/2011 10:18:00 AM Unknown 2, 50, 41 Eset 484 KB
13 Status 0xe8e509063da54d6ed65832ecde3cdd5c 2/3/2011 11:36:00 PM Unknown 2, 51, 12 Eset 496 KB
14 Status 0xd981b089c19d2837f8e11b8e365376a4 1/29/2011 11:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset 496 KB
15 Status 0xf8428f085fc7f9023788b1d058ecedfe 1/23/2011 4:28:00 PM Unknown 2, 50, 16 Eset 484 KB
16 Status 0xbd71e8bae0017c79f77fae9e8ac2eafa 12/3/2010 6:30:00 AM Unknown 2, 50, 25 Eset 484 KB
17 Status 0x1d941694f53ab5cff96146a24630d370 9/6/2010 10:43:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 23 Eset 539 KB
18 Status 0xe3bf2c3b6fbd03418d9c5414c16efafd 8/27/2010 11:47:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 26 Eset 539 KB
19 Status 0xb03d93d0ac9905fadbae50faa64371c9 6/27/2010 2:19:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 37 Eset 539 KB
20 Status 0x4a4764ef1d9e6d0d6f39352a90021807 3/17/2010 8:50:00 PM Unknown 2, 50, 39 Eset 484 KB
21 Status 0x828e3bab14891924a6702ed25862af8e 3/13/2010 6:31:00 AM Unknown 2, 50, 19 Eset 484 KB
22 Status 0x8f0c90f962f94e9ecb570081083ddb10 3/12/2010 3:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Eset 541 KB
23 Status 0x547536dc1a927e145b2cafe5a4deb171 3/1/2010 12:45:00 PM Unknown 2, 70, 42 Eset 541 KB
24 Status 0x2e193e676e530b08cbc25c15d1d79669 10/9/2009 9:48:00 AM Unknown 2, 70, 12 RC Eset 620 KB
25 Status 0xfbe9f8d39066ff4a6b5c7d2f12e2e754 9/28/2009 6:18:00 PM Unknown 2, 50, 45 Eset 484 KB


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