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What is regedit.exe? regedit.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/
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: regedit.exe - Windows registry editor.

regedit.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.


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regedit.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: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
regedit.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x8a4883f5e7ac37444f23279239553878 1/7/2018 3:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 389 KB
2 Status 0xf71444a5935904c68e67ee3d35a4b948 1/1/2018 8:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 0 KB
3 Status 0x549091491f3fbd2859372f789242b9d2 11/21/2015 12:08:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 293 KB
4 Status 0x467a3b03e924b7b7edd16d34740574b0 5/1/2015 3:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 131 KB
5 Status 0x3d2455ebab4b3ecaa15186f28c3e7372 1/11/2015 6:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 213 KB
6 Status 0x058710b720282ca82b909912d3ef28db 10/15/2014 1:03:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 143 KB
7 Status 0x28222584694d8793e50026478e801113 5/30/2012 4:27:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 130 KB
8 Status 0x783afc80383c176b22dbf8333343992d 2/4/2012 6:35:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) regedit.exe 143 KB
9 Status 0xa56d3a65776a94cc45c9dde53176d49b 1/12/2012 5:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 143 KB
10 Status 0x2131ec67027942702fc3abd79bc782be 10/3/2011 3:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 130 KB
11 Status 0xb01dff9dde3a5155d7121bf813ac6db0 9/8/2011 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 147 KB
12 Status 0x517295511abdf64e6c34410bf1490551 9/4/2011 6:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 147 KB
13 Status 0xf4b9f9aa2f72fad20d09c3e3ff2be224 8/31/2011 1:38:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 148 KB
14 Status 0xe67c9b97306deefbb481072ce5ff8e07 8/24/2011 8:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 149 KB
15 Status 0x6bc78fb26f013d48c63c62a53def7f4f 7/22/2011 7:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 265 KB
16 Status 0x60710f6aa52d335f7a3560703e597f6a 6/19/2011 2:41:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) regedit.exe 147 KB
17 Status 0xadf88d0996a634b5b13ee8fb9595647d 1/13/2011 8:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 149 KB
18 Status 0xba9af3b15c6a0366dd22895a452f98fd 8/17/2010 6:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 141 KB
19 Status 0x2ba8f4a46c83c6d3a02e9073a304f82c 8/14/2010 4:32:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) regedit.exe 148 KB
20 Status 0x72fa62b02f6d274c9c114f533ba2f560 7/14/2010 7:50:00 AM Unknown 5.00.2195.6707 regedit.exe 71 KB
21 Status 0xc0d76340c4967fb34883add22d4f57e6 4/26/2010 12:16:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 279 KB
22 Status 0xd0185be965da35a71b2a7d5196d7974c 4/16/2010 9:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 389 KB
23 Status 0xc95b2f3f5f98542339ace6e83e7ba4c6 4/6/2010 5:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 269 KB
24 Status 0x0f4db85e5ff5e203a94fdc5059e89297 3/31/2010 6:01:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) regedit.exe 144 KB
25 Status 0x56017150476c14c6bf1cf9ad97937f4a 3/27/2010 10:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown regedit.exe 138 KB


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