PC Pitstop is the undisputed leader in PC diagnostics. Our running process library is culled from our database of over 100 million PC diagnostics and scans.

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

  

adwarefilter.exe (AdWare Filter)

This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.


PC Pitstop Analysis

adwarefilter.exe - This is part of the adware and spyware protection program from PCSafe. It has in past instances been labled a rogue program but we have not found that to be the case at this time.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

adwarefilter.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, adwarefilter.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:PCSafe
Product contains:Adware Filter

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 adwarefilter.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
adwarefilter.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10x50cac26fb874f4b9ad051a21dae851d64146928 bytes
20xebf8f9a74cd09254ea2445d30f82828a4445496 bytes
30x89c26e296c85a84f11341f0c61380f814240696 bytes
40x137cca04d586309d9a92972e5fa45e1d4367672 bytes
50xe09202d6793464d009896b5ed3a21a864384056 bytes
60xdc92a5175a53bcc54c249efb53ba5c8d4457784 bytes
70x826a00e1862496736446ddfccfe108fa4257080 bytes
80x9161d40ede3c5e85ecfc53397c354d8b4130544 bytes
90x176946d459a56ea6e058262cabbae4f44240696 bytes
100x6b8d63e8c147fec73b12d25bd37c07554240696 bytes
110xc8cc4ae5985106b2651fe367d61600814146928 bytes
120x941e08beb7616de144cc1482aab2f0024445496 bytes
130x63a2857c339b60cbdf4ef0201b50db354457784 bytes
140x89d66098ddaa365b3fcd66a35eb733a04130544 bytes
150x601888b66cf4ee83ac7bed52342d0a4a4384056 bytes
160x1a574a27642e4f548fe1a5465403ddfd4249072 bytes
170xa7d7701d55c85bf6c5c0857bf20e10594249072 bytes
180xa8dc4c052ad01f2739acbd24067f83a84457784 bytes
190x96a8947e5a710ed146acd4db56c6abb44240696 bytes
200xde7c0addc3300c9547d0bc9d1d84797e4253168 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.pcsafe.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.