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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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Process Library

  
PC Pitstop Libraries > Process Library > iswmgr.exe

iswmgr.exe (ZoneAlarm ForceField)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.02%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 9 MB

PC Pitstop Analysis

ZoneAlarm ForceField, belongs to Zone Alarm.

Recommendation

Win Patrol

iswmgr.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, iswmgr.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:Check Point Software Technologies
Product contains:ZoneAlarm ForceField

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 iswmgr.exe, we have detected 12 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
iswmgr.exe12
#MD5Size
10xb3d8cef7d43b86ac8c6cf7379c0a1d84957608 bytes
20x766adb190b055ac549adf842e466b52e720120 bytes
30x9e18277a1d215066eb47dd3ae46fea4f1017224 bytes
40x3c45112acf7b889a21ada1f5b5d7a9a61013128 bytes
50x44b6d27af80bb4872cffb0e892d099ed1017224 bytes
60x302dc30c22d8a9ff666bc7e001e695651017224 bytes
70x854828ec047205fdd59e21d10fa812f51152368 bytes
80xe169a0a3a2413df7eea563e781db5ad51197424 bytes
90xd5033e4e509922e65f0f8f2048eebef81176944 bytes
100x8dff6e3bacd185b80ff988c29d894c771201520 bytes
110x30ce702674d442e97b0e7e4884720da31201520 bytes
120x1b27ccecb11129c88a5fd07673f461411217904 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. iswmgr.exe (ZoneAlarm ForceField) has been seen on 0.02% 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 9 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.zonealarm.com/forcefield/

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.