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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

  

psngive.exe (3M Post-It Notes)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

PSNGive.exe - Part of 3M Post-It Notes software. Some users have reported probems with this softare including high CPU and memory usage, so you may want to close it if you are having troubles.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

psngive.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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, psngive.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:3M
Product contains:Post-it

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 psngive.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
psngive.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10x498f826ddc00e1825d05a22c1b1e44e165536 bytes
20xa0d5afeeeb21a0fd9480165fbaac029865536 bytes
30x7d1eafcbc2bb80251d1d581f0562492565536 bytes
40xaa6a570447600fa88c8b752ca44c741c65536 bytes
50x26e3caf40f3e034168405e4b8368439065536 bytes
60xc23ddf08a45d3d89a7aa85047dae636565536 bytes
70x0e92a0fb9d0c9c9e60b6ce34b107833765536 bytes
80x461486b976e5288280a875674ab58f4765536 bytes
90x5965f5b7fa5870d872ffdfbf3b33a87a65536 bytes
100x18ee31923bb580b67f431d29627e1b6665536 bytes
110xa7bd4930e777874d5c55c39ea14b0b2465536 bytes
120xe7adeabfb4a2eccfb9138abfeefe3c4f65536 bytes
130xd6c70e63999029b2805aa7af1c1d5c5765536 bytes
140xcc13a68779057c7e985035212679009765536 bytes
150x1f7e14307962727c4e0c1c8bcb75d96965536 bytes
160x71707afce50f0cb59b0b63b66f7157d165536 bytes
170xbb8f8d2ffbcc6583b67657516563958865536 bytes
180x20d1a37dde2d4ea8ffad5a767de54bf365536 bytes
190xa9b8f99bdcab01af4c7df8a0d58728d365536 bytes
200x955c963ad3657eb55375af6a432f5df265536 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. psngive.exe (3M Post-It Notes) has been seen on 0.03% 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 2 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


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.