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What is ad-watch.exe? Ad-Aware?

Vendor:      Lavasoft
Product:     Ad-aware
Vendor Website:      http://www.lavasoft.de/
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.

PC Matic Analysis

Purpose: Ad-Watch.exe - Reports and blocks pop ups, tracking cookies, and detects registry modifications. Not required, but is recommended that you keep it active so that it protects your computer. To disable it, right click the icon in your taskbar with a magnifying glass, then click where it says "Monitoring active". This will disable ad-watch. If you want to close ad-watch, right click the icon and click unload ad-watch.

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


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ad-watch.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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ad-watch.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 4 MB

MD5 Hash Analysis

Program Name MD5 Count
ad-watch.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0x894dd802902d453d07f5a80dc9cf4bbe 1/12/2015 11:31:00 PM Unknown 2.0.5.2 Ad-Aware 335 KB
2 Status 0x71e45918ed6772cd6f0fef70f688df04 1/27/2012 10:24:00 AM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 383 KB
3 Status 0xc65bd446cf1fb284c537357151104bfe 1/27/2012 4:05:00 AM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 524 KB
4 Status 0x107af2de3af10d6d09c1b36fe9ef9156 8/7/2011 12:57:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 505 KB
5 Status 0xed7f4140bc9f05781355c2a36d0ad37c 2/22/2011 8:17:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 525 KB
6 Status 0x008c65c38799c48bbe3f94c20e21c244 12/8/2010 1:13:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 504 KB
7 Status 0xd47a05472ccdd3e3dc9433ecd99c420f 11/5/2010 3:09:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 387 KB
8 Status 0x92d1a84f2e474be680bb7bfe5bb41bcd 5/25/2010 2:14:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2410 KB
9 Status 0x900b9e1fe7336944db089bed06a4e451 10/25/2009 2:05:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 535 KB
10 Status 0xb51e6f45954dc5b96f1f89e57efeac54 9/20/2009 1:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 334 KB
11 Status 0x79281ca68fd405804ffad1655891e462 6/14/2009 10:38:00 AM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 525 KB
12 Status 0x13f6007ddecca88f45e5ce9d4f51c062 4/19/2009 7:23:00 PM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 645 KB
13 Status 0xca7e45a7572f5ff3ed0beb219b727144 2/4/2009 3:59:00 AM Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 387 KB
14 Status 0xd2b8fe24a5c5471c37c562ec068ff925 1/24/2009 12:58:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2619 KB
15 Status 0x16e7f4f98dfd818b4483758fbdfe71cb 7/9/2008 2:10:00 AM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 2410 KB
16 Status 0xad2864907310c3fe8d4390cdf05a0c00 4/19/2008 10:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown Ad-Aware 561 KB
17 Status 0x52c60ee36d2226e4820ea469e642e4f1 12/31/2007 Unknown 2.0.0.25 Ad-Aware 854 KB
18 Status 0x88a2b0d377cfce5337d942da6189a4c4 12/31/2007 Unknown 3.1.2.17 Ad-Aware 719 KB


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