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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.

stimon.exe (Still Image Monitor)

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

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PC Pitstop Analysis

STIMON.EXE - Provides imaging-related services to graphics programs. STIMON is generally not an essential program except for imaging applications and hardware such as scanners. When you run an application that requires it, the application will try to start STIMON if it isn't already running. It does not need to be started at boot time and can be disabled with MSConfig's Startup tab.

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Recommendation

stimon.exe 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, stimon.exe, 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 stimon.exe, 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
stimon.exe	> 20

#	MD5	Size
1	0xcbe1e2b72cbecc1f9d4e155d5433c26e	114688 bytes
2	0x2d0266be1d24e50ed3cb142006b72a20	114688 bytes
3	0x053be6790e2948d506f7ba701b447dcf	114688 bytes
4	0x953b3a714d0d511e9d7d1a8f17e866db	28432 bytes
5	0x06393b1462ee323eeb590a787878f8bc	114688 bytes
6	0xd300f069eeeed930c4b8745d2006a70d	114688 bytes
7	0xc4f5b81b5edfc879604477128c187957	114688 bytes
8	0xe0cd37cb9dd987be153814e10f9a0af9	28944 bytes
9	0x83635134ced3aee3b98297fd71687179	28944 bytes
10	0xe270c2b6dcaa653deebd58bd80df8166	28944 bytes
11	0xc1553c00b8426d3a3f98162e73eaf744	101888 bytes
12	0x45e357934e4bd61fd8ab699178d29645	114688 bytes
13	0xf7b50cd92bbd81ee31bc2877fb5ebfe2	114688 bytes
14	0xd719acd80be24a1986ee34572f234be5	28944 bytes
15	0x4a3e73679372d6599f0a55422c2980a3	114688 bytes
16	0xe9a916e4857c7727ebd1d99e465041e8	114688 bytes
17	0xb44b12d62c3774250f86b28093fa0af1	101888 bytes
18	0x3198a38698347da80978fbd34d969ff7	28944 bytes
19	0x85bb874c98fb9d2ca0f442c8466291e8	114688 bytes
20	0x1fd454887a5c2d17f982912f57188c71	114688 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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