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What is vsmon.exe? ZoneAlarm Monitor?

Vendor:      
Product:     TrueVector Service
Vendor Website:      http://www.zonealarm.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.
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: vsmon.exe provides the packet interception functions of ZoneAlarm, required for ZA to work properly. To permanently disable, uninstall ZoneAlarm. To disable until the next boot, right-click the ZoneAlarm tray icon and select "Shutdown ZoneAlarm." To prevent ZoneAlarm from starting each time you boot the system, open ZoneAlarm, click the Configure button, and clear the check box next to 'Load ZoneAlarm at startup.'

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


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vsmon.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: 0.77%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 24 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
vsmon.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x0fd615fe9e1c17720063ce4f82f96a7b 9/25/2016 6:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2387 KB
2 Status 0xace93ffffd1f6b2c3e9f9c996bdec6db 6/12/2016 5:24:00 PM Unknown 6.5.731.000 ZoneAlarm Monitor 73 KB
3 Status 0xec84ebc7240b1e8f0556c0285fc02116 5/31/2016 7:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2378 KB
4 Status 0x3003168a5e42d80f0add5c319bc78a7c 12/14/2015 3:53:00 PM Unknown 7.0.470.000 ZoneAlarm Monitor 73 KB
5 Status 0x727b479808a30f5cfc48651e8225e968 11/15/2015 10:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2388 KB
6 Status 0xa9062968df9419fa45acf044b4d9f5ac 11/5/2015 2:31:00 PM Unknown 6.5.737.000 ZoneAlarm Monitor 73 KB
7 Status 0x7da79898130a766a21328a3b61f957cf 10/12/2015 8:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2363 KB
8 Status 0xd89972da2c33cc02bc787e4f404b4a01 9/29/2015 4:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2345 KB
9 Status 0x50f556b57dc6ef97aedd460b2902c531 4/9/2015 8:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2349 KB
10 Status 0x4abe946715d5e17c013d70fabb9e9780 3/17/2015 7:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 73 KB
11 Status 0x25f1342a0769be5bc45ec2cdc1f06299 3/7/2015 6:18:00 AM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2390 KB
12 Status 0x59d01ad12f5830ba37948f124b2c1f56 3/1/2015 10:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2388 KB
13 Status 0xfeb6282aff403ebbca47a503937cb6a1 1/18/2015 6:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2390 KB
14 Status 0xec118ffbf039472b4a830fdd3673f8d9 1/14/2015 5:56:00 PM Unknown 2.6.362 ZoneAlarm Monitor 471 KB
15 Status 0x2a9abc73db1c5de88381083b052d1a3e 1/12/2015 2:53:00 AM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2349 KB
16 Status 0xabc70d66394c27f0b50e41a19e89c2d7 1/11/2015 1:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 3507 KB
17 Status 0xb14c5f620c885c108170c12239386350 1/7/2015 7:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2388 KB
18 Status 0x7418439d8a4377c54a8766ae1f6e69fe 1/4/2015 11:06:00 PM Unknown 3.1.291 ZoneAlarm Firewall Monitor 761 KB
19 Status 0xbb4c900fd6bf91422fc44a9cb640ae01 12/23/2014 4:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2363 KB
20 Status 0x589a8b75fd731f8e186292275f3f3692 12/18/2014 10:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2378 KB
21 Status 0x01a0b6a483249ce407e1c6cb7f9986c7 12/3/2014 9:56:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2363 KB
22 Status 0x3c5e2aa29c32948c3a3c79ccdd34a7e3 11/16/2014 6:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2387 KB
23 Status 0xe50a1e6a7d17c79f0a433f5d748fe725 11/16/2014 5:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2390 KB
24 Status 0x827a7c4e3669301da9fd8498f60df4ed 11/14/2014 10:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown ZoneAlarm Monitor 2364 KB
25 Status 0x7d3ee1829f70f34d9cde9a886513bf0a 10/30/2014 12:15:00 PM Unknown 4.0.123.012 ZoneAlarm Monitor 873 KB


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