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What is shwserv.exe? Giga Pocket?

Vendor:      Sony
Product:     shwserv Module
Vendor Website:      http://www.sony.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.
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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: shwserv.exe - Sony Giga Pocket Hardware Detector.

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


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shwserv.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: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 3 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
shwserv.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x8439aa0bf4943e982ae5121db8526a04 8/30/2014 11:41:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
2 Status 0x0fa995113aa7777cb1aabcd98bbae395 2/2/2012 7:43:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
3 Status 0xf594e6d9b2a8fc3111da4a7d19f749ec 1/26/2012 3:54:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
4 Status 0x603d7bcca364eb990d59a8d663febcba 1/18/2012 1:31:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
5 Status 0xa4a518185e1268e87edba3692a3c6777 9/14/2011 3:15:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
6 Status 0xf01979cf3cba44f9ead1ed49ec1f38e3 6/14/2011 3:33:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
7 Status 0x77f344d1350d34973f36e6711961b910 8/21/2010 5:42:00 PM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
8 Status 0x043dc550d1d3aba9add63ffa913699c2 3/6/2010 11:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 72 KB
9 Status 0xfee16e8d1eb3bc1050f4274a8c52c8a6 2/24/2010 6:54:00 AM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 76 KB
10 Status 0x5a358016576a3e5d18a7b0d34f26fa58 2/12/2010 8:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 76 KB
11 Status 0x5fde530acc998d853fc9852805f4b9c6 1/7/2010 11:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 72 KB
12 Status 0xb4648921284b714d456d79e3db6620df 9/20/2009 11:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 76 KB
13 Status 0xe649212787e2ee76fe65ff00c246f3c9 2/22/2009 8:51:00 PM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 96 KB
14 Status 0xc8b2ba0795c087c47ee1fbe723c5cd02 2/13/2009 9:06:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 0, 03270 Giga Pocket 72 KB
15 Status 0x1c0b918107fe408a05641a5a9256b7d5 6/9/2008 5:21:00 PM Unknown 5, 5, 41, 05120 Giga Pocket 76 KB
16 Status 0xb8566c607248ba8be38c079dcb77d970 4/20/2008 3:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Giga Pocket 72 KB


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