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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.

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netfxupdate.exe (NETframework 1.1 Update)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 0 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

netfxupdate.exe is related to .NET Framework as part of the Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack Files.

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Recommendation

netfxupdate.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, netfxupdate.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 is not specified
File name contains:	Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\netfxupdate.exe

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 netfxupdate.exe, we have detected 4 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
netfxupdate.exe	4

#	MD5	Size
1	0xd872daefe322a9ccd5f2b6899e3e2c02	106496 bytes
2	0x4d3581a2f8006074f470ce471a2c59d7	73728 bytes
3	0x689cf506787dc510e85557b8c17c178d	106496 bytes
4	0xdad92e522729b916a20f85f270ad4794	98304 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. netfxupdate.exe (NETframework 1.1 Update) has been seen on 0.00% 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 0 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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