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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

  
PC Pitstop Libraries > Process Library > windowslivesync.exe

windowslivesync.exe (Windows Live Sync)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.06%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 18 MB

PC Pitstop Analysis

Sync folders with another computer that runs the same service. If you do not share folders with anyone, you may want disable it to save resources and get more secure.

Recommendation

Win Patrol

windowslivesync.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, windowslivesync.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 Corporation
Product contains:Windows Live Sync

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 windowslivesync.exe, we have detected 4 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
windowslivesync.exe4
#MD5Size
10x54a77004073e0332ca4f7ec12787fd4c1170256 bytes
20xdd0b1af7312c862acdaee105714254861170272 bytes
30xf12bc57a34fa372f85fb1b6a2fe8c4a31169224 bytes
40xc78ec977ea2707ad7a9300560193c2d61171784 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. windowslivesync.exe (Windows Live Sync) has been seen on 0.06% 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 18 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://home.live.com/

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.