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What is ehshell.exe? ehshell.exe?

Vendor:      Microsoft
Product:     Microsoft
Vendor Website:      http://www.microsoft.com
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: EHShell.exe - This process provides functionality to the Microsoft Media Center.

ehshell.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


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ehshell.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 3%
Average RAM for this program: 89 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
ehshell.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xb7ed332a57fc78ca29e40d3619550225 1/14/2015 2:54:00 AM Unknown 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) ehshell.exe 97 KB
2 Status 0x1e49b84a36e26c1c157b4894ff3cd29b 10/16/2014 10:31:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) ehshell.exe 1680 KB
3 Status 0x1e7180e59edf29871e7b6ad9a09b7ba0 2/8/2012 12:57:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2715.3011 (xpsp(wmbla).061009-1511) ehshell.exe 3148 KB
4 Status 0x64fc8cd0e990d88068fb7d394c626b31 2/4/2012 5:46:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2710.2732 (xpsp(wmbla).050805-1239) ehshell.exe 3144 KB
5 Status 0xb0222bd0f9d97488d691bcc02b051a92 1/30/2012 6:19:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
6 Status 0x409a21273b3521414e1341bcfd32363b 1/11/2012 1:13:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 1680 KB
7 Status 0x0c04f93d118b5a9280951d171ac109c2 12/19/2010 5:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
8 Status 0xa698bd2312606d4904cf84728ee12421 11/16/2010 3:09:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2700.2230 built by: private/xpsp_mce_qfe(wmbla) ehshell.exe 2824 KB
9 Status 0x7578d91b27609500c79421cf5ae436a8 11/15/2010 10:33:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2700.2180 (private/xpsp_mce.040810-0205) ehshell.exe 2816 KB
10 Status 0xdaa2313402898e141f25fb5c03b8a051 3/29/2010 9:21:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 3144 KB
11 Status 0xb7ea762ab3e1354744a43c3eff007ce7 2/13/2010 1:40:00 AM Unknown 5.1.2715.2773 (xpsp(wmbla).051011-0745) ehshell.exe 3144 KB
12 Status 0xf8b1b95807d432f5b70bb93593ccfa81 1/21/2010 2:20:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
13 Status 0x9e37f2408e643da759b655a99c87cf42 12/11/2009 9:35:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 3148 KB
14 Status 0x39906dc019a54d0ab49eaf3ec6694976 10/14/2009 9:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 97 KB
15 Status 0x1c50c1961da056dd7e4121eb191db42d 6/30/2009 4:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 3144 KB
16 Status 0x7f7c23b7b64f4ed8769318b7e4a0b8e3 5/3/2009 11:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
17 Status 0x0ad64f288f6a8c1568d0bcc6930c28b2 4/13/2009 4:05:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
18 Status 0x0f82ee1ce775552fd7bec6b6f2e6f8a5 3/18/2009 2:05:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 114 KB
19 Status 0x33564419a2455dde97ee31eebc385500 3/14/2009 9:11:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 98 KB
20 Status 0xab045359c4e818eaa912c2fa8bd65c06 1/25/2009 9:24:00 PM Unknown 5.1.2715.2812 (xpsp(wmbla).051215-1116) ehshell.exe 3144 KB
21 Status 0xff1a475d010516bf4e5c3daf954f99ab 12/18/2008 12:11:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 3144 KB
22 Status 0xff534abe7abef51c0ee045fce1480df8 9/9/2008 11:57:00 PM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 3148 KB
23 Status 0xcdc63341b1acd89620969514574a3918 3/29/2008 4:55:00 AM Unknown Unknown ehshell.exe 1680 KB
24 Status 0xd2a7dd30d3c42ca5289c3d2828f463cb 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.1.2600.1217 (WXPMCE.030729-0430) ehshell.exe 1660 KB
25 Status 0x769c77db465c507ac16cb57bd45219fa 12/31/2007 Unknown 5.1.2700.2218 built by: private/xpsp_mce_qfe(wmbla) ehshell.exe 2824 KB


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