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What is wpabaln.exe? Product Activation?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Windows
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.
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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: wpabaln.exe - Windows Product Activation. Launches on boot and shows a balloon dialog reminding you to activate your version of Windows. Displays a set of keys as an icon on the taskbar until you have activated Windows XP.

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


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wpabaln.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: 0.14%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
wpabaln.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x90ce97657b3f0b651ee8f438a4ab577e 2/3/2018 8:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
2 Status 0xc5f10136a584cb4b2b4e794e8739b96d 9/15/2017 9:11:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Product Activation 31 KB
3 Status 0xba1ba53380cf733c51a71796505bbb49 1/2/2015 9:29:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
4 Status 0x42aefadfe7e8831b9ff7ad8caf5e06fe 8/14/2014 6:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
5 Status 0xb15c62964f3dc7aa63a89bbca73a0599 2/2/2012 2:56:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148) Product Activation 30 KB
6 Status 0xa606af56c0bf78f7a0dfd941bb0bd0ff 9/14/2011 4:47:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
7 Status 0x9d831f652274c9e96252e96b18fcd87c 9/9/2011 3:13:00 PM Unknown 5.2.3790.0 (srv03_rtm.030324-2048) Product Activation 31 KB
8 Status 0x6ab8e680d909165f59cbfd76f2cf1e2b 8/16/2011 4:43:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Product Activation 31 KB
9 Status 0x5511e354d1916db6bf3f41283eaca00d 7/27/2011 9:19:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.3264 (xpsp.071130-1433) Product Activation 31 KB
10 Status 0xca770398c765f52e4aa3fc7295bf3c8d 5/3/2011 8:46:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
11 Status 0xb242508cabb85d939f2897397190de46 4/18/2011 8:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 32 KB
12 Status 0x53e4f2d6baf86f3422c4fbba36bdd12c 4/17/2011 6:04:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Product Activation 31 KB
13 Status 0x8538feaf07a9a47ee4886e0ce15e4848 4/11/2011 6:27:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
14 Status 0x2434cafd84e1ffa039b62e76cfcff5d9 4/10/2011 5:49:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 38 KB
15 Status 0xc4eb201318f5ef1a13e72b475ad5a77d 3/20/2011 6:01:00 AM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
16 Status 0x6bed7fba74d5737ecdc6d1e26f3d02f7 3/19/2011 2:20:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Product Activation 31 KB
17 Status 0xf71d5dc3786a115e042a6603d54eae1a 12/22/2010 5:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 37 KB
18 Status 0x844fac94fe98e2f6a5db606da332b788 12/18/2010 9:03:00 AM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 58 KB
19 Status 0x29f796a0c0c77d092d992465e9bc15be 9/20/2010 10:06:00 AM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 31 KB
20 Status 0x3388f83e4479f4781e6555996351d4c5 5/2/2010 4:06:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0010) Product Activation 31 KB
21 Status 0x5e79a30d1faeaf0261721b70088c634d 4/18/2010 12:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 33 KB
22 Status 0x0a748d6c7aad758a1852b9ac79daae01 3/30/2010 4:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 33 KB
23 Status 0xd6e07e73d1033756f9f6ef32b1ca8eff 3/28/2010 6:23:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 33 KB
24 Status 0x9df34ce9744fd263b698605b34f64191 3/25/2010 3:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 33 KB
25 Status 0x9503041ea7ef2d72cdf99604a567a652 3/12/2010 11:33:00 AM Unknown Unknown Product Activation 38 KB


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