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What is bartshel.exe? PeoplePC Ads?

Vendor:      PeoplePC
Product:     BartShell
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: bartshel.exe - Appears to be responsible for delivering ads while using PeoplePC. Can be disabled via MSConfig.

bartshel.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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bartshel.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: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
bartshel.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x24f8c08b2063515b348b4bc9b710e982 2/3/2012 12:46:00 AM Unknown 6, 3, 1, 285 PeoplePC Ads 148 KB
2 Status 0x5f4d862f319681da63d93984ac98c727 1/17/2012 7:42:00 PM Unknown 6, 6, 1, 297 PeoplePC Ads 162 KB
3 Status 0x5a400942aa519ac3e646598c3f89a244 1/12/2012 11:02:00 AM Unknown 6, 2, 1, 283 PeoplePC Ads 148 KB
4 Status 0xfa68078f8644b1c89f64d1e4401bcbed 9/9/2011 4:57:00 AM Unknown 7, 0, 1, 299 PeoplePC Ads 172 KB
5 Status 0xd8cc821d5a312e5cbba3960a17b332de 8/4/2011 3:19:00 PM Unknown 6, 4, 1, 290 PeoplePC Ads 153 KB
6 Status 0xbd3ec18d2caf86e6bf4fb6fd08e3e868 7/23/2011 3:47:00 AM Unknown 6, 5, 1, 295 PeoplePC Ads 162 KB
7 Status 0x44ef673eca95beb450ef68d470fe47e4 10/6/2010 1:37:00 PM Unknown Unknown PeoplePC Ads 162 KB
8 Status 0x420d353ba2d132d353db43e076f2ccf5 9/20/2010 7:43:00 AM Unknown 6, 5, 1, 296 PeoplePC Ads 162 KB
9 Status 0xe43bfd7429d2499f7da977642d3b406b 9/20/2010 2:32:00 AM Unknown 5, 8, 0, 89 PeoplePC Ads 128 KB
10 Status 0xf0595269df7d81dfb1b582d4090dc5c5 8/22/2010 9:53:00 PM Unknown 6, 0, 1, 277 PeoplePC Ads 146 KB
11 Status 0xbfdd48c33145f025a96c456acbb67d80 2/12/2010 7:17:00 PM Unknown 4, 0, 0, 36 PeoplePC Ads 88 KB
12 Status 0x4a168ed2aee68e7d887d15047473a749 11/13/2009 5:14:00 AM Unknown Unknown PeoplePC Ads 132 KB
13 Status 0xfade83a484a563cc7485632b1ae7e9ca 11/9/2009 1:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown PeoplePC Ads 128 KB
14 Status 0x9cbf2a53b73db60efd8555d63151e896 10/15/2009 4:44:00 PM Unknown 5, 5, 0, 59 PeoplePC Ads 132 KB
15 Status 0xbac7dfdeb6f97d230411de1c1079a7fb 9/28/2009 8:29:00 PM Unknown 5, 5, 3, 61 PeoplePC Ads 132 KB
16 Status 0x17e0eb8facfb4261b269588fe7935790 4/18/2009 4:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown PeoplePC Ads 168 KB
17 Status 0x4fc32964a38b1aa1bfb4b7f1e5972a6a 3/26/2009 12:06:00 AM Unknown 5, 2, 0, 42 PeoplePC Ads 128 KB
18 Status 0x51f5a058ca2ced565b7f0927e7b01ba0 2/4/2009 12:41:00 AM Unknown 5, 4, 0, 48 PeoplePC Ads 128 KB
19 Status 0xcfae1149b629e4fce44c99e8e6da9c1b 6/4/2008 3:19:00 PM Unknown 4, 0, 0, 23 PeoplePC Ads 120 KB
20 Status 0x048b0029d2b99f6c9218199651ae1af6 5/18/2008 5:47:00 PM Unknown 5, 0, 0, 31 PeoplePC Ads 128 KB
21 Status 0x8a6a1042c54db8512f20f015dec31838 5/11/2008 3:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown PeoplePC Ads 154 KB
22 Status 0x691a1c6a9402a3dad3a4da5acd19bf12 4/23/2008 3:08:00 AM Unknown 5, 5, 3, 61 PeoplePC Ads 132 KB


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