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What is exterminate2.exe? PC Pitstop Exteriminate2?

Vendor:      
Product:     PitFrame Module
Vendor Website:      http://www.pcpitstop.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.
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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: exterminate2.exe is the main executable file for the Exterminate2 antispyware and antivirus program from PC Pitstop.

exterminate2.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


exterminate2.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
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exterminate2.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: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 43%
Average RAM for this program: 60 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
exterminate2.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x9c1b399644487340aa32dd8d35e69e05 2/5/2012 8:34:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Pitstop Exteriminate2 198 KB
2 Status 0x36f13b64472bae047a8e6f5cfbf73553 2/14/2010 11:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Pitstop Exteriminate2 198 KB
3 Status 0xf4f87ad002d6a0e763f01447e7ef1df8 3/5/2009 11:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Pitstop Exteriminate2 198 KB
4 Status 0x8e4800734f460fe19de350cae50a0b25 2/25/2009 8:22:00 AM Unknown Unknown PC Pitstop Exteriminate2 274 KB
5 Status 0xbf9cc75c98535c8d0bed0e3de2a892a4 2/9/2009 8:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown PC Pitstop Exteriminate2 198 KB


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