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What is schtasks.exe? Schtasks?

Vendor:      Microsoft Corporation
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/schtasks.mspx?mfr=true
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: schtasks.exe - Schedules commands and programs to run periodically or at a specific time. Adds and removes tasks from the schedule, starts and stops tasks on demand, and displays and changes scheduled tasks.

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


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schtasks.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
schtasks.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xaadef985c9abdc7f9a459baafb561be8 6/22/2017 11:56:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) Schtasks 146 KB
2 Status 0x4357e96eae71f0999d2b049befd7abf2 2/24/2013 12:58:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 202 KB
3 Status 0xe9b952726936fa769a6f8b1f7735dcc8 11/24/2010 9:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
4 Status 0x8f1e2259969473aabb19988595dd48ff 9/25/2009 9:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
5 Status 0xbab017996a5100762e25ae4f35645c12 8/27/2009 12:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
6 Status 0xcf106f24787ba435a6bca51a54c44193 4/23/2009 12:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 119 KB
7 Status 0x7d6ec95a82cb357e73a7c4b8c9b2881f 4/9/2009 6:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
8 Status 0xa3d74983f2d0849e725d7fbbe52d9940 4/1/2009 11:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
9 Status 0xe8ae6d3457f08d2bef06e79d989c71e0 3/18/2009 9:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
10 Status 0x0c0172ba563778771e6f5a85034f9f03 3/15/2009 11:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
11 Status 0x596435c8b678fe8900e2d7a0bfe5e8a2 3/7/2009 2:39:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 174 KB
12 Status 0x72bf400d5e9c021097522eba8b9216d8 11/15/2008 6:31:00 AM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 122 KB
13 Status 0xc51f1f4a3cdc75897b130b928aa353ab 7/8/2008 7:31:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6001.17052 (longhorn_rc1.071129-2315) Schtasks 148 KB
14 Status 0x87a3502a9bbdf7f6a2963a3b66a25d73 4/18/2008 3:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 124 KB
15 Status 0xe806252415394ce959d86e6ec3eb6206 4/12/2008 3:12:00 PM Unknown 6.0.6001.17128 (longhorn.080101-1935) Schtasks 148 KB
16 Status 0xbacbf4aef04fa93509b9e966d08280c3 4/1/2008 4:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Schtasks 148 KB
17 Status 0x9861a2d2a0ef4b93b3cd17c05cc7c49c 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Schtasks 122 KB
18 Status 0x07294009de7ca33dcef332d4859c5609 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Schtasks 127 KB


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