Symantec pcAnywhere

Symantec pcAnywhere

by Symantec Corporation

What is Symantec pcAnywhere?

Symantec pcAnywhere is software application developed by Symantec Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows XP with nearly 69.39% of installations running this operating system. Symantec pcAnywhere's installer is typically 10.00 MB in size and installs around 227 files. The most common release is 11.0.0 with 27.89% of all installations currently using this version.

Symantec pcAnywhere is most popular in the United States with 48.31% of installations residing in this country.

When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Symantec pcAnywhere is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • awhost32.exe runs as a service named 'pcAnywhere Host Service' (awhost32) ""Allows Remote pcAnywhere users to connnect to this machine."".
Firewall:
  • awrem32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\awrem32.exe'.
  • awhost32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\AWHOST32.EXE'.
  • winaw32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\WINAW32.EXE'.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.symantec.com
Support:
https://service.symantec.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\symantec\pcanywhere
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /I{12018183-866A-11D3-97DF-0000F8D8F2E9}
Size:
10.00 MB
Language:
English

Symantec pcAnywhere Executable Details

Primary executable:
awhost32.exe
Name:
Symantec pcAnywhere
Path:
C:\Program Files\symantec\pcanywhere\awhost32.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Symantec pcAnywhere
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
a0dd3ed5d697e83f8f466b4d03e6f9da
DLL
c30209e57eb61cc1b525f75332acb0d5
EXE
2438c9ddd3878db6aee0b5492cc763ef
DLL
f4fe2e8684e371c3a01b7b3281977715
SYS
05deaa29d8d65516e638b113a9df8989
SYS
ec9ef16989bc47372a06c2e865b8bbf4
SYS
cd3fcdebcc2e02dd85605c2a278a7271
SYS
22197cf4025c95d3030024546abc6948
DLL
0d065bb452757101ce295439a26cf1b1
EXE
fa4c54beda2b320fddc3b75e0e0f97a6