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What is pg2.exe? Peer Guardian?

Vendor:      Phoenix Labs
Product:     PeerGuardian
Vendor Website:      http://phoenixlabs.org/?page_id=5
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.
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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 Matic Analysis

Purpose: pg2.exe - PeerGuardian 2 is an IP blocker for Windows used to protect privacy on P2P networks by blocking IP addresses specified in blocklists.

pg2.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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pg2.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 8%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
pg2.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x9979d9e9f55912ab2989aec97fc1549a 2/8/2012 3:52:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 6, 5 Peer Guardian 1398 KB
2 Status 0xf4c73b6fdcf7dd8fa2802724867e63db 1/30/2012 5:08:00 PM Unknown 1, 1, 0, 2 Peer Guardian 1423 KB
3 Status 0xeec0c3c0a86a665e22e76a00c19c8ca6 5/31/2011 2:40:00 PM Unknown 1, 1, 0, 2 Peer Guardian 1423 KB
4 Status 0x7d8e4937d68cdcaa77eb84ee2972f451 4/24/2010 9:18:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 7, 1 Peer Guardian 1423 KB
5 Status 0xc77d1e12b82237ce18645d60af41cca0 11/15/2009 11:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1406 KB
6 Status 0xba7af305e7f37c4e6e5aa82049428c34 5/12/2009 3:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 644 KB
7 Status 0x2bef596d4b3b8778154c2ff8fd380bd7 5/6/2009 4:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1398 KB
8 Status 0x308911721bc8f4ffe7c3ad62efc5a0cf 2/3/2009 2:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1449 KB
9 Status 0x3d162b4429b8c992fe764825e2e857a1 12/30/2008 10:43:00 PM Unknown 2, 0, 7, 1 Peer Guardian 1412 KB

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xbedba39b30cbcc9199bd77c9f62bfa8a 2/6/2012 9:22:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 6, 4 Peer Guardian 1350 KB
2 Status 0x1a7a26e8702e3574ac3378c4bec50647 2/3/2012 9:21:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 6, 3 Peer Guardian 1369 KB
3 Status 0x4f2ff640b393438f9c80bd1f72794224 8/25/2011 2:16:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 6, 4 Peer Guardian 1388 KB
4 Status 0x4e6721bac5b2ebc0bc64a64c58706edc 1/28/2010 11:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1146 KB
5 Status 0x957f3be0f2a42d546325fe805ee3f1d9 11/6/2009 4:13:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1328 KB
6 Status 0xb9b630647240022aa68bc6f2d5f71236 9/16/2009 4:51:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1408 KB
7 Status 0x82e54fe94183434d1e1866f0d24fe9f5 9/3/2009 12:52:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 20 Peer Guardian 1148 KB
8 Status 0x546827cd6e4e12c89848b95f4c7e44aa 6/17/2009 10:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1369 KB
9 Status 0x510d4e36291445072fe198769ae06133 3/14/2009 11:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1405 KB
10 Status 0x97d8ed3e65caa4292c91d2e42a3e5dc4 2/18/2009 10:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1395 KB
11 Status 0xd614dd282a0ad47479cae7657707addc 2/17/2009 12:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1405 KB
12 Status 0x456d83779612185e9238dadc496d4411 9/18/2008 8:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 748 KB
13 Status 0x2f7de4911a43cf1a30106c16fd9f4cbd 9/11/2008 12:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1388 KB
14 Status 0x8dd91d733be81e42017519d88ebdef0f 7/21/2008 5:23:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 4 Peer Guardian 740 KB
15 Status 0xab686992fdf66feab743931d17ad1c65 7/11/2008 2:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1388 KB
16 Status 0xcb6be413bc684156d8d8af7b5104a060 5/27/2008 4:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1396 KB
17 Status 0xc726b5c1c748000c8dd6ed9c0593c8cf 5/15/2008 3:32:00 PM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 1390 KB
18 Status 0x2bae7539a6ae51e7a8c44eb28adb295c 4/21/2008 10:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Peer Guardian 728 KB
19 Status 0x6ed6e0fe96e024d00fe16ef88326ab40 12/31/2007 Unknown 1, 0, 6, 4 Peer Guardian 1797 KB
20 Status 0x1e3d481f029b1216398ee94689403497 12/31/2007 Unknown 1, 0, 6, 4 Peer Guardian 1788 KB


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