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More than one possible match was found; all matches are listed below in order of their prevalence. This only tells you what the file and the correct action might be.

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Match #1



tomtomhomerunner.exe (TomTomHOMERunner.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.25%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


In addition to the file name, tomtomhomerunner.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:TomTom
Product contains:TomTom HOME
File name contains:\TomTom HOME 2\TomTomHOMERunner.exe

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.




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TomTomHOMERunner.exe -

tomtomhomerunner.exe  is returning insufficient information about this program.

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Match #2



tomtomhomerunner.exe (TomTomHOMERunner)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.17%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


In addition to the file name, tomtomhomerunner.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:TomTom
Product contains:TomTom Home
File name contains:\TomTom HOME 2\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.tomtom.com/



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HijackThis:

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [TomTomHOME.exe] "C:\Program Files\TomTom HOME 2\TomTomHOMERunner.exe"

TomTomHOMERunner.exe is part of Global positioning application. It doesn't need be loaded all the times, you may want just load it when you are about to load it.
Just open the app and it will load this file automatically.

tomtomhomerunner.exe uses excessive system and memory resources with no corresponding benefit. Applications such as these should be disabled to improve overall system performance.

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MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called tomtomhomerunner.exe, we have detected more than 10 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

Program Name MD5 Count
tomtomhomerunner.exe> 10
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
1 0xa51e21b733f5270f500e828ef39a4293 245 KB
2 0x325823a094df00533df23393e9e78bb2 245 KB
3 0x8a12f8630510a7c65bbe462b9bb2b25b 245 KB
4 0x188d622eff263bc4beff08db7d7ec811 245 KB
5 0xf7635816d89aa6382d5e4f631a9168fa 245 KB
MD5 Hashes
# MD5 Size
6 0x7d7fc1fb52faee26231469e4560d339a 251240 bytes
7 0xd7d6f27612ec599ced4f42cff689fff6 247144 bytes
8 0x62cdb3a98f8dafb6dd79e9a85a5a57d9 247144 bytes
9 0xea0b99460fe002e8588808f297160548 247144 bytes
10 0x8c9b8f2e1436d6ff2917a0c394039783 247144 bytes


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Tips from the Pit Crew

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Important Note

A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory.

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