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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

  

a2service.exe (a-squared)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.35%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 6 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

a2service.exe - a2service.exe is a-squared form Emsi Software. It scans your computer for Trojans, dialers, Worms, and other malware.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

a2service.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, a2service.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:Emsi Software
Product is not specified

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 a2service.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
a2service.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xae167a5a88fc5efc163b0e6f59b4bf0a226936 bytes
20xf4000b5ce5d5a8627e57fefbb6dfa541368752 bytes
30xa314da1a6b038d43ec61b2b7248904e7366192 bytes
40xfac66be04f53b42983ba995fb3d3efe1217208 bytes
50x6a229601d5d2675d218837b03b8aabb9423544 bytes
60xc49ea174263f91f228338d27064af971368760 bytes
70xd896057dba4f8730616af2681552fd3c224376 bytes
80xbd76edc70c5a86d6e42cccdd7ca1669c363520 bytes
90xbc889c79d4594785da9879141def2a19226424 bytes
100xd8adf0518c336abc6fa49412dc9de141366712 bytes
110x1afe7b4610d7bca471bd48a376c983d6368760 bytes
120x9152530f4174fd8507d0c8f9a95eb2e7424568 bytes
130xdb7abda8e8e394a48dd796d795ecb7d0224888 bytes
140xcdfe955989d96006642d7f155f4bb382369272 bytes
150xbeb7fd1dc68f9ab583b0f5a15597274d224888 bytes
160x111907b30727468a10fd216d5993f402224376 bytes
170x992557f93d138a25184260748566a04b366192 bytes
180xb5a75ac4b9f3367f4b2d8e38ad4775ff364544 bytes
190xba5e0d7b806c94ec73456754f96263af366704 bytes
200x15ddcdf2c85ecc1965aedc7c021cecf7226936 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. a2service.exe (a-squared) has been seen on 0.35% 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 6 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.asquared.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.