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What is wins.exe? wins.exe?

Vendor:      
Product:     Windows Internet Name Service
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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: wins.exe -

wins.exe is returning insufficient information about this program.


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wins.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: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 24 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wins.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xd8bfec6ef6a5a02f637deb6e3e36f11e 1/21/2015 2:54:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 155 KB
2 Status 0xdb00e49c144686879b9eb93d5585aba3 9/13/2011 11:19:00 AM Unknown Unknown wins 154 KB
3 Status 0xae12ccc34b80f5acef2e006043cb1b18 8/17/2011 5:50:00 AM Unknown Unknown wins 154 KB
4 Status 0xaef125c604ef595eca7745eebad1c801 6/18/2011 3:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 149 KB
5 Status 0xfb34b1698cd9aa2831f418125db39afb 5/31/2011 4:48:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 150 KB
6 Status 0xcc30afdb1e2c6641bec5f13b70aa80f4 5/2/2011 1:36:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
7 Status 0xd37bf8a0c9814c94b3e4ad85d168f915 1/7/2011 7:28:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.3959 (srv03_sp2_rtm.070216-1710) wins 147 KB
8 Status 0xa2003558470a365aff83dea7f40ffbdf 2/3/2010 7:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 150 KB
9 Status 0x9ae7ee0e267c5d59ab4763013f803efb 10/20/2009 6:19:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.7005 wins 142 KB
10 Status 0xf1afc37d65448a609ff39a2bb3fbd533 10/18/2009 3:09:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
11 Status 0x7c8b30245753a90d72fcd9d9c01bbbea 10/13/2009 2:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 143 KB
12 Status 0xaa9a8c62870505fe627fffb8e9989b6e 9/17/2009 7:02:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.0 (srv03_rtm.030324-2048) wins 141 KB
13 Status 0x83b6d621f6b247855235785f43e100a2 9/2/2009 2:50:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 146 KB
14 Status 0x8db50612f0bdea64e1930ae25fea941f 4/18/2009 10:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
15 Status 0x8cfd1a98877269074c9fad3254038456 4/18/2009 12:39:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.1830 (srv03_sp1_rtm.050324-1447) wins 147 KB
16 Status 0x3797cebd498fbe88c18b3d5f98a78b6c 12/18/2008 5:00:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
17 Status 0x09f970edf66dbb95c535173a3716e1ec 11/7/2008 3:57:00 AM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
18 Status 0x6fb9ca76ea5459e3de051e9062262902 10/8/2008 7:29:00 AM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
19 Status 0x78d39dedbbadd84706950c549b17c7cd 9/4/2008 3:01:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2195.6696 wins 141 KB
20 Status 0xcbda8495167f329a863446f1e50a3a59 8/24/2008 3:11:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.239 (srv03_gdr.041130-1840) wins 141 KB
21 Status 0x2f822e937a7056739f27bf6d15c72fa9 8/22/2008 9:18:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
22 Status 0x3662a5fbdca2040cf9bc5312475beea0 8/14/2008 2:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
23 Status 0x6e0867fba9f957dc281d6abd1c3252fe 8/11/2008 4:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown wins 141 KB
24 Status 0x3b25cd12fea3e657e869832857d94fc3 6/1/2008 7:43:00 AM Unknown Unknown wins 147 KB
25 Status 0xd61048b7fff18d700a8420ec01b39121 5/27/2008 3:45:00 PM Unknown 5.00.2181.1 wins 147 KB


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