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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.

Process Library

  

ad-watch2007.exe (Ad-Aware)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 49%
Average RAM for this program: 271 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

Ad-Watch2007.exe - Reports and blocks pop ups, tracking cookies, and detects registry modifications. Not required, but is recommended that you keep it active so that it protects your computer. To disable it, right click the icon in your taskbar with a magnifying glass, then click where it says "Monitoring active". This will disable ad-watch. If you want to close ad-watch, right click the icon and click unload ad-watch.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

ad-watch2007.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not 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.



Identification

In addition to the file name, ad-watch2007.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:Lavasoft
Product contains:Ad-Watch
File name contains:\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.


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 ad-watch2007.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
ad-watch2007.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10x87059d4c48ba62af5c53ef4b1ae0c05a4190208 bytes
20xdcb28a0699a7d432ae11087056bb969f2115728 bytes
30xc8fff8290c5a0c15d6a90f611b97d03b2109440 bytes
40xb5105b1673c74dbc130356f0b701102c4382720 bytes
50xfbfc472eb488a8d769e51630bad57d292121728 bytes
60xb93de29dfdc0831056ffbe22d1da5aed2121728 bytes
70xd18bd9f4d4eee5c981804fd3ddf17cb82339840 bytes
80x961d2988d2e89cb53c3461c6bf259fbe2156480 bytes
90x9d568e196e4837af06dd4d7d472660a42250104 bytes
100x40a5d6fd110b2857805c82731d9193674530176 bytes
110x449dfa1746086820715311da2514166b2250104 bytes
120x16ccd27edbd86270970e8ee9fcd114d62684280 bytes
130x6ea3176537601e02b2fcfbf1c5a76edf4382720 bytes
140xe598b418f5b16ce0ff19e1935d5f4ff92683768 bytes
150x0e646b47d127ca95ff65511ec54e76f52224128 bytes
160xc68412c77f012665ac24ec9a3d2173b72250104 bytes
170x31a963f05c26b4c31c8c1da50e520a044579328 bytes
180x04b921417a0ef77c612f775f094fbba32250104 bytes
190xb2658f9e8d0d07b4d346f69cfe2234832476408 bytes
200xcddb0164debad506141002b0fa6e8d834579328 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. ad-watch2007.exe (Ad-Aware) 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 271 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 49%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.lavasoft.de/

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/plus.htm

Important note: A file name alone may not be enough for positive identification. PC Pitstop's Overdrive tests and spyware scan use information such as the company name, product name, or install directory. If you are unable to identify a file, ask about it in our forums after running our full tests.