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What is sqlwriter.exe? sqlwriter.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft SQL Server
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.
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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: sqlwriter.exe is part of the MS SQL Server database management system.

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


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sqlwriter.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: 0.53%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
sqlwriter.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd89083c4eb02daca8f944b0e05e57f9d 2/21/2021 4:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 84 KB
2 Status 0xd2f4f32b59440011174b4f8137af4e0c 2/5/2018 9:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 85 KB
3 Status 0x8e6e5cfa06769a417b03fd6faa29e010 8/10/2017 6:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 95 KB
4 Status 0x135cdccc167ef0c250125bbd3abe18d5 7/12/2017 1:20:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 95 KB
5 Status 0x54902536aad0e9b99bc65f89c0caf93f 3/18/2017 8:21:00 PM Unknown 2005.090.3042.00 sqlwriter.exe 87 KB
6 Status 0x637a0f23f9012358e92e6f99835494d1 1/3/2017 7:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 96 KB
7 Status 0xd98cdf8aac4d427fdd70553ca59becae 4/17/2015 11:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 103 KB
8 Status 0x90a07229992b24fc4c419d56e58cf075 10/10/2012 8:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 102 KB
9 Status 0x9263c8898732e2b890f7e954e7729ab7 9/8/2011 5:59:00 PM Unknown 2005.090.2047.00 sqlwriter.exe 85 KB
10 Status 0xd37b8ce340b71d9e0ab2440addb2fdbf 8/2/2011 12:24:00 AM Unknown 2005.090.1399.00 sqlwriter.exe 85 KB
11 Status 0xa2e2657b57801eafeaa65fc19fa84be6 7/13/2010 4:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 95 KB
12 Status 0xc5a0fa621fe281325a451e0aeae4093b 2/19/2010 10:26:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 238 KB
13 Status 0x4a7c5e0ffa2405b251eb4f58560f627c 1/1/2010 2:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 84 KB
14 Status 0x194815af2dafdf35b357bebc4376de56 7/15/2009 7:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 89 KB
15 Status 0xc2664f9dab61fb65d3145b6f8d519805 7/4/2009 7:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 155 KB
16 Status 0x8b5bd5199331b1b14b36bdae5ec83307 4/7/2009 Unknown 2007.0100.1075.023 ((SQL_PreRelease).071108-1357 ) sqlwriter.exe 89 KB
17 Status 0xc7c1e974cf16b39700c25ad951a228db 3/12/2009 6:52:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 96 KB
18 Status 0x81f40d39ec048e3e9dfd07e4e97a799e 1/25/2009 11:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 85 KB
19 Status 0x2465c83b5ba555129e2f5ff3b630e23d 5/10/2008 8:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown sqlwriter.exe 85 KB
20 Status 0x0fd3cd8c1697cbbc0d26ce8ee67ecf62 12/31/2007 Unknown 2005.090.3033.00 sqlwriter.exe 85 KB


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