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What is pidgin.exe? pidgin.exe?

Vendor:      The Pidgin developer community
Product:     Pidgin
Vendor Website:     
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.

Purpose: pidgin.exe -

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pidgin.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: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 23 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
pidgin.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x6b2c011fad5b95fc1731ea30906e697d 5/7/2015 10:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 47 KB
2 Status 0x15c79cd5d9c330ed2cbae6cbd1aced71 10/3/2014 7:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
3 Status 0x9d0dead0f9c95604ac84ace37d4f2988 7/10/2012 8:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 48 KB
4 Status 0x6dc952504d6b28e03536e02315f941be 9/16/2011 12:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
5 Status 0xada9f31591f44a4d39d5f43488205a70 9/11/2011 12:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 47 KB
6 Status 0x5b8c42e92b212a771dcba16124319606 9/1/2011 2:28:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
7 Status 0xeebc90e349015e930bdf3900674601e5 8/25/2011 4:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 47 KB
8 Status 0xc0757b8b07b8750ac96f25de31b4ad10 8/19/2011 6:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
9 Status 0x860b28af721a74f830b7f7f92ce9bfbc 7/29/2011 7:55:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 43 KB
10 Status 0x791c244d3d6f65612902f2ff86021fc6 7/24/2011 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 47 KB
11 Status 0x1a3632b7fcb6a365f4fcaa998899cd9f 5/17/2011 1:49:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
12 Status 0x8a9d62bc83015118b275d049038fb949 12/4/2010 1:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
13 Status 0x7657227502af17c5953e51962a84f3fe 11/1/2010 3:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
14 Status 0x38be0aa2450c0914e7fcbfadecead2ce 10/11/2010 3:12:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
15 Status 0x964a632be7baab63b70053b2898c93ec 9/2/2010 9:45:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 48 KB
16 Status 0x39ef70499c713f92ec3344e396669b87 8/16/2010 6:33:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
17 Status 0x656a63695b087738bb83ab4df711bf7b 7/28/2010 6:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
18 Status 0x8e718c634f41ceebdef7c56b7a95ed82 6/27/2010 2:40:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
19 Status 0x78c26b17df94029b1f301422d0a8818c 6/17/2010 3:17:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
20 Status 0x924566ba12a5525109ba63dd86c1c43f 6/13/2010 6:28:00 PM Unknown 2.3.1 Pidgin IM 43 KB
21 Status 0x09e0f607760406f2e0d3431a802ce2e3 5/22/2010 8:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
22 Status 0x8793b0ae22d8245b34d043f1c8ee1e80 5/22/2010 9:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
23 Status 0xb52f5b50c99ac55bead09095b674d060 5/20/2010 9:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
24 Status 0xdad4f2fc24777d2df60b49ece37c7f7e 5/20/2010 10:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB
25 Status 0x12c62367fc902102324d57ce8ab73cf5 3/15/2010 3:52:00 AM Unknown Unknown Pidgin IM 44 KB


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