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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.

dns.exe (Domain Name Service (DNS))

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.04%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 28 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

dns.exe - Windows Domain Name Service.

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Recommendation

dns.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, dns.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 dns.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
dns.exe	> 20

#	MD5	Size
1	0x6613f9d57944d09f248fe3b3850ec6ae	442880 bytes
2	0x424ac284c9f870cef5a958fcc0092dfe	339728 bytes
3	0x51e85af24c6c5a65813864c490fd4160	330512 bytes
4	0x32f4469044528081be0209bc4c141634	327952 bytes
5	0x0b33a6d1c3373bae4b5184ee668dde7d	443392 bytes
6	0x867c72518cbace2e3043ddeb0a6eb629	326416 bytes
7	0xb8547f66591cd48df1680fb772683f80	465920 bytes
8	0xe5e5c42e9e870263cf34f5fa12afae64	707584 bytes
9	0x615d1f1570fbfa3eb49cacb20af9ee90	459776 bytes
10	0x9a8becd655687015ff9fad8394c687a9	319760 bytes
11	0xf1b6656bcd1dfefaee48ee52d040712a	444928 bytes
12	0xeadc378cb44d1eb1b9c200760187e81a	443392 bytes
13	0xef27d26e90f56c0f7e95b33a74aebee0	442880 bytes
14	0xac94e92972da82fe367386a4783a8170	330512 bytes
15	0xfacac9144a7702172d0b970391f2ddf0	421888 bytes
16	0xd9786391a0e2eff9494f1c463279c542	445440 bytes
17	0xb24a95f3cea30ef37aab42b3e5cb475f	442880 bytes
18	0x7f29a88d1e07cb1234b8a1e5fbe46f40	343824 bytes
19	0x0a63451493e07e00579b237d457020da	457728 bytes
20	0x65b6a5b607c3ec6a934ecc80ab759379	460288 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. dns.exe (Domain Name Service (DNS)) 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 28 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.microsoft.com/

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

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