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Tip from the PitCrew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

kernel32.dll (Windows Kernel)

This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.

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PC Pitstop Analysis

KERNEL32.DLL - Implements many of the core Windows functions.

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Recommendation

kernel32.dll is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.

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Identification

In addition to the file name, kernel32.dll, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:	Microsoft
Product contains:	Windows

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.

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MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called kernel32.dll, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
kernel32.dll	> 20

#	MD5	Size
1	0x1ea87b299553fc503467b78d4d220587	471040 bytes
2	0x274443dda61273bae3a89ad7efa5e46a	471040 bytes
3	0xb3a14c0095e47aea56e8711cb1ed38d2	478720 bytes
4	0xf53f3ff268f622e3f5352bad2762b6c0	536576 bytes
5	0x2ebd63bbff9597839910deb88d72472c	479232 bytes
6	0xe03cfafa8e49127181d7b48feb559a1d	479232 bytes
7	0x85a5ec4ac85eb0d6637a24137ec54487	544768 bytes
8	0x89bc29b7f5404835c6f75897aa9cc427	552960 bytes
9	0x3c36eb664d1a92371bf54bb221e51ca8	536576 bytes
10	0xfe0f568de6d2f3b6ac375d69cd620bbf	479232 bytes
11	0x7e6cf8f7656fbdd677a5ed602eef8e9c	483328 bytes
12	0xcfe76ee17b776a9dfcb8bbb1fe328dc4	483328 bytes
13	0xdf25456bbb343e913e7eb54550f36267	471040 bytes
14	0x375b0813980ae17dcc689e913ab9dd7b	471040 bytes
15	0x154c9c9ba48f0b9c253c1a9c84d8de34	548864 bytes
16	0x2e35079363f9278927b75328a82d6702	437248 bytes
17	0x551a90cc0c26f0550167a1e067ab2bc2	475136 bytes
18	0x7534fc4c4e763ffce3885644c7fd335b	536576 bytes
19	0x0974c7e4279455ad23942f2aeedb0fb0	483840 bytes
20	0xc82ca3bb61b08b66a01e06d641093d5d	475136 bytes

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PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.

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