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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.

whsconnector.exe (Windows Home Server Conector)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.07%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 8 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

WHSConnector.exe - It allows you to join computers in the server.

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Recommendation

whsconnector.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, whsconnector.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 Corporation
Product contains:	Microsoft
File name contains:	\Windows Home Server\

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 whsconnector.exe, we have detected 17 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
whsconnector.exe	17

#	MD5	Size
1	0xc2526924bc6e4487c9935a834c28a912	302624 bytes
2	0x2069c636ba7fdca2b270a5084d89b4d0	326688 bytes
3	0xb2b2e07bf46afd29b893e574757f2f86	301952 bytes
4	0xca5b08f693f21d88cab9972e355b0834	326688 bytes
5	0xb4f0748f31a5eae04b7c10a3f3014d0a	302112 bytes
6	0x95998af1a2b2b959f41774c50d058948	326688 bytes
7	0x423fea8d79a08b49061e87f82c9a3a19	326688 bytes
8	0xe658ed24752cbc4f687d27414d476ea0	327200 bytes
9	0x34a0019ebf830218188b179d1524134a	325480 bytes
10	0xd51c6551cbd9dc7cd74efd0584a36ccb	289160 bytes
11	0x651b7df9156165fa509773e8e8d431d2	325480 bytes
12	0xec7b0cabd60b813571a710b982d620bb	324976 bytes
13	0x0695e817bff2ca65f9331e8ba6fd271a	335720 bytes
14	0xbe6e381405b3e84a51100d344ce0cfe3	335728 bytes
15	0xea8d942192a787303a3cebe6c3284c7e	336232 bytes
16	0xe1893283f893161f66930220c7acbc68	335720 bytes
17	0x76312f9d3389d53d193c7160fb292c74	342384 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. whsconnector.exe (Windows Home Server Conector) has been seen on 0.07% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 8 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx