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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

  

spnpinst.exe (Peer To Peer Custom Setup)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB


PC Pitstop Analysis

spnpinst.exe - This is part of the Windows operating system and is associated with the Peer to Peer Custom Setup software.


Recommendation

Win Patrol

spnpinst.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be 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, spnpinst.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
Product contains:Microsoft

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 spnpinst.exe, we have detected 16 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.
MD5 Report Summary
Program NameMD5 Count
spnpinst.exe16
#MD5Size
10xcd9136c41569ffc2965df167c23082be11776 bytes
20xd89dabb70080afd8345b1128cf22ad3211776 bytes
30x71dff9e6f24cc03877962412040bd9bd11776 bytes
40xc49b91551ccd9aa4725e9de5b1230a5a11776 bytes
50x70e9c484ebad7c9a91cb3d393dc1961511776 bytes
60x09e764abcffffff473113f3666d13d4511776 bytes
70xf0288a1dd14c9490ef6177de28abd82511776 bytes
80x03a0c9d5b218cc03aa5fa891cf9aa7ce11264 bytes
90xa44da850b6cb17d1375d25f184e0145111264 bytes
100x245e2dc2aa48f07eceab28a3fbdbc41b11264 bytes
110x2909a121020feb4f5d12f0312827cc9911776 bytes
120xa66dde8b73fc7870a0c860341766571911776 bytes
130xbb44b38561868f29b50ff7e688fc105611264 bytes
140xd505609ef700acd2c225f7f9effea1df11264 bytes
150x352657bdc8766b9138a0bb03685fbe1f11776 bytes
160x28f13f7c2ef3ee21fbac255314a43f5611776 bytes

PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. spnpinst.exe (Peer To Peer Custom Setup) has been seen on 0.00% 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%.


Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.microsoft.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.