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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.

aspnet_state.exe (ASP State Service)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 1 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

aspnet_state.exe is a process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System and is part of the ASP State Service.

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Recommendation

aspnet_state.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, aspnet_state.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:	Microsoft

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 aspnet_state.exe, we have detected 16 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
aspnet_state.exe	16

#	MD5	Size
1	0x93796998a129b52c49237f680f4a75d5	24064 bytes
2	0xa986fcfdac587e68478db51547b90800	32768 bytes
3	0xd33c507942299753868204cc7642fa27	29896 bytes
4	0xe1a1206a4fb19b675e947b29ccd25fba	32768 bytes
5	0xe1633440859f9a1b3ceaf73ba85225ca	33632 bytes
6	0x4eabf511b1af176a971c3271e48fa3a8	33800 bytes
7	0xf8dfb3152bd61a7e40a603601ab6dd8f	34144 bytes
8	0xca89a5872dafab3d1932275d3eda26d8	33800 bytes
9	0xb88a796879d210bb0d1c177851d81147	33800 bytes
10	0x1c04ae2558407a497561b253860d2b1e	34312 bytes
11	0xfb1b55f98e7229d1d00d830e299f9de1	32768 bytes
12	0x0e5e4957549056e2bf2c49f4f6b601ad	34312 bytes
13	0x9e95c953bf1ac12d8a846373443aea00	29896 bytes
14	0x61093b5d0a0b351b5c95ab05e5e2a114	34312 bytes
15	0x40c145f12ff461a0220303bda134f598	31048 bytes
16	0x7f2a2b860919ebf78af07a52c72b0f27	32768 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. aspnet_state.exe (ASP State Service) has been seen on 0.04% 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 1 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/aspnet_state/