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What is uwdf.exe? User Windows Driver Framework?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
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.
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: uWDF.exe - This process provides multimedia features for the Windows operating system from Microsoft.

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


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uwdf.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
uwdf.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x73c7a5b692d7273e55088d090edc526d 2/1/2012 8:42:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: dnsrv(bld4act) User Windows Driver Framework 46 KB
2 Status 0x6b618c69073bb02561c2c7d0c0ec2c3e 2/17/2011 1:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown User Windows Driver Framework 45 KB
3 Status 0x31776e2f4809b2369ed901a45cda5b8a 10/19/2010 12:46:00 AM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: dnsrv(bld4act) User Windows Driver Framework 46 KB
4 Status 0x7ec829098bc62d2894ce2839a24ca1f2 4/2/2010 2:51:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: DNSRV(bld4act) User Windows Driver Framework 46 KB
5 Status 0xf8dd8f49d7dc910e615ad645526468c6 7/7/2008 8:15:00 PM Unknown Unknown User Windows Driver Framework 46 KB
6 Status 0xd46941769250c3d71c5929e002e02535 5/18/2008 1:42:00 AM Unknown 5.2.3790.1230 built by: DNSRV(bld4act) User Windows Driver Framework 46 KB


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