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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

  

answers.exe (1-Click Answers)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 7 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

answers.exe - From the Answers.com product description: "Alt-Click on any word in any program on your screen for instant, accurate facts."


Recommendation

Win Patrol

answers.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, answers.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 is not specified
Product contains:Answers

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 answers.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
answers.exe> 20
#MD5Size
10xc127ac3b87a735923a2bf142b644380b626688 bytes
20x82c873e6b998a76bf45c77a05d7fabe3626688 bytes
30x48784e4217b60d92dd8973774fd921a0790528 bytes
40xef4b3478ff62a399b7b94714ad0c0187774144 bytes
50x36463d99fddec0e7a3e6f4bbd15cf19d798720 bytes
60xbce9efc2d022c7424683603dfe1491ce774144 bytes
70xe6c6db88c13f427dd33125b978dda199647168 bytes
80x780c75a7743689e9a7c5857dede2f311774144 bytes
90x84db3dccd0213585bf7328b060aafa54630784 bytes
100xe45b318af2af554939ff4b1c144ec207638976 bytes
110xa34f9a353c3fcdb3c2e1e8e879d5ad41626688 bytes
120xaa5535793b62e326a3f8e63492cd5fee618496 bytes
130x699cf1eaa496effb0ded52f4a7759564802816 bytes
140x96d31fd0aa1b98d59a0c9ca149fad360626688 bytes
150xe580868213aedb252c3749506e944320712704 bytes
160xc9191945b7272a3c1c2c544267928153712704 bytes
170xb4c9d832f9cb8eca57b740b28a47ded0806912 bytes
180xcc6d0de268f155b56e11eea73f8ce5e9626688 bytes
190xa06fe5e10d37618cf8b63591ca25e880622592 bytes
200x2418b9b92c8a8e4dce5cb78c13745f1c638976 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. answers.exe (1-Click Answers) 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 7 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.answers.com/main/product_info.jsp

Detailed Description and/or Removal Instructions

http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/answers/

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.