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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

  

cnmnsut.exe (Canon IJ Network Scan Utility)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.18%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

cnmnsut.exe is a CNMNSUT belonging to Canon IJ Network Scan Utility for Microsoft Windows from Canon Inc.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

cnmnsut.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, cnmnsut.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:CANON
Product contains:Canon IJ Network Scan Utility

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 cnmnsut.exe, we have detected 8 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
cnmnsut.exe8
#MD5Size
10x3d06c9adf3d5b5b21c71dbfd6f14839c132704 bytes
20x9e2fa2219bae372c3461cf525c6b3fac124512 bytes
30xef0e360553e35edf37dd534ca413360d118784 bytes
40x2dbd5f4c6e6ee42b849026e33b5c80af132704 bytes
50x92597f707fc2656ca17941c1fe7a4f50118784 bytes
60x16eb2a9894938722a2995c3527e6aa65124256 bytes
70xf6933596e3c8893a04ecd5453dc8c855136544 bytes
80x9ba6a10ab2043a3b5ca742456fdd4b25136544 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. cnmnsut.exe (Canon IJ Network Scan Utility) has been seen on 0.18% 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 5 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://data.versiontracker.com/drivers/manualExtract/Canon/mp970svstns101en_ext/extract/mp970svstns101en/win/LANUTIL/Eng

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.