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What is trcboot.exe? IBM trace facility?

Vendor:      IBM Corporation
Product:     Personal Communications
Vendor Website:     
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: trcboot.exe - The trcboot.exe process is an essential service for working with Personal Communications. Any machine that does not have the trcboot service running is not a supported environment. If you log in as an administrator in Windows XP, the Task Manager might allow you to end the trcboot.exe process. You should not end the trcboot service through the Task Manager. If you do, the system can crash, displaying a blue screen. You can use the Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services option to stop the process.

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


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trcboot.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: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
trcboot.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x054d780262eba5e88c7e326363296b63 11/5/2012 12:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
2 Status 0x814dbd3c6a41d80bed130b06bfbbc4c7 2/5/2012 12:37:00 AM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
3 Status 0xf8c8ea25ca339b40c4b6dc6c4cd2da95 1/30/2012 7:19:00 PM Unknown 5090.1.7135.880 IBM trace facility 32 KB
4 Status 0xcb1580285cf3b5e2dc40025f3843435e 1/19/2012 12:56:00 AM Unknown 5090.0.6212.583 IBM trace facility 32 KB
5 Status 0x35f933523160fd2c2ddca8bff4111876 9/14/2011 9:40:00 AM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
6 Status 0x2d4f2b147f2319acc383cd9e3ccb4ab1 9/3/2011 2:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
7 Status 0xf148f952fc89545137622eb73525ef8f 8/23/2011 8:26:00 AM Unknown 5070.10.5249.773 IBM trace facility 28 KB
8 Status 0xf1d876e5d30da6ab2acf46c4702282a5 8/19/2011 5:14:00 AM Unknown 5080.0.4246.1250 IBM trace facility 32 KB
9 Status 0xd0bf7f714bda99023cfcf82b0ead023f 8/18/2011 5:41:00 AM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
10 Status 0x8c3a69a5d43752a46df95f9675caf750 8/16/2011 3:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
11 Status 0xdb4a74bf1b685c6a95dc5b3fef8716d9 8/12/2011 3:33:00 PM Unknown 5070.0.3223.68 IBM trace facility 28 KB
12 Status 0xa54318d8f963fd5597c622c2a99c22e4 4/19/2011 5:24:00 PM Unknown 5060.0.2226.456 IBM trace facility 28 KB
13 Status 0xd1dae2a177ecc9228b28a04c9d0df685 3/29/2011 11:39:00 AM Unknown 5070.10.3280.1335 IBM trace facility 28 KB
14 Status 0x7262d203cf1203e63831eff6f3e924f9 3/13/2011 12:01:00 AM Unknown 5070.10.4118.928 IBM trace facility 28 KB
15 Status 0x47218e9f2e3bf083c5cb6a955a0f9e8c 7/12/2010 1:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
16 Status 0x3fc5c3ea9e539673204b8cf599005aab 6/28/2010 2:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
17 Status 0xf32f547470de6bec313a7c1487e74170 6/21/2010 9:15:00 PM Unknown 5060.0.2226.456 IBM trace facility 32 KB
18 Status 0x56c6f09a004ead4efde56f1ff93d719c 9/22/2009 9:57:00 PM Unknown 5060.10.3069.890 IBM trace facility 28 KB
19 Status 0xf154dc707be801038bcb051cf3cede61 7/25/2009 12:59:00 AM Unknown 5080.0.5108.956 IBM trace facility 32 KB
20 Status 0x96c5d9bfee90ebd9e02fc21fb4a12778 4/9/2009 2:41:00 AM Unknown 5080.10.5312.767 IBM trace facility 32 KB
21 Status 0xf19d4ff9e38e65592921757eb7fcdf51 3/13/2009 8:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 28 KB
22 Status 0x6f08e4add357b814c467a6285fbc0a56 2/10/2009 5:00:00 PM Unknown 5080.30.6320.1406 IBM trace facility 32 KB
23 Status 0x8df250536c0e251fe8f4dbb29a5fb6a3 12/26/2008 4:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 28 KB
24 Status 0xe26161aa5a0764ff7a37e3394c7bc753 12/18/2008 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB
25 Status 0x52141faeaf7abf04f0bdb6353e24004b 7/24/2008 3:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown IBM trace facility 32 KB


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