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Process name: StarWind iSCSI Target (Alcohol Edition) or StarWind iSCSI Target Alcohol Edition
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Company: Rocket Division Software
File: StarWindService.exe


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3141 users ask for this file. 6 users didn't rate it ("don't know"). 62 users rated it as not dangerous. 10 users rated it as not so dangerous. 17 users rated it as neutral. 7 users rated it as little bit dangerous. 2 users rated it as dangerous.


All comments about StarWindService.exe:
Matt Installed with Alcohol 120%. Shouldn't be dangerous.
ben meyer it mounts image files - not harmful at all
It is part of Alcohol 120%
King A Part of Alcohol 120%
John Nightingale Alcohol 120% (Virtual CD)  See also: Link
Trampi ich denke ma die datei gehört zu alcohol 120%
phantom StarWindService.exe is a process which belongs to Alcohol 120% and provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.  See also: Link
elliB StarWindService.exe is a process which belongs to Alcohol 120% and provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.
goemon maybe alcohol virtual driver
KnightKiller Part of Alcohol 120%
xI Used by Alcohol 120%. Doesn't need to run, but doesn't hurt to leave it.
sean alcohol 120%
Markusius Gehört zu Alcohol 120%. Hängt mit virtuellem Cd-Drive zusammen.
Daisuke belongs to Alcohol 120%; provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product;  See also: Link
Chris James It belongs to Alcohol 120% and provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product.
porkerias Is a process of Alcohol 120%
trivial Wird auch von Alcohol120% benutzt
Makaveli it is part of alcohol 120% but this process is running even with alcohol closed!so who knows what it is doing  See also: Link
Dank It is an Alcohol 120% process that allows network drive sharing capabilities
M. Steinhoff Ist ein Netzwerkadapter welcher zur Einbindung von Virtuellen SCSI-Laufwerken dient
It's a part of Alcohol Soft
peter alcohol 120% program add.
dudel StarWindService ist notwendig für das Programm Alcohol 120 %
Richard StarWindService.exe is a process which belongs to Alcohol 120% and provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product. This program is non-essential process to the running of the system, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.
Maik Sofern ein Emulationsproamm wie Alcohol 120% installiert ist wird diese Datei im Autostart aufgeführt. Wird benötigt zum Emulieren von Images.
MremiX Nicht gefährlich, sucht gelegentlich updates, gute kopiersoftware
Redbird Running Process of Alcohol
Cyrius Alcohol 120%  See also: Link
Matt StarWindService is a process of Alcohol 120%, it is not a threat to windows
Peter part of alcohol software, I think only of newer versions
mykey It is a part of Alcohol120% Emulation Software. I think you can close the process without problems.
It is used by alcohol soft for network drive sharing
Oleg Sokolovskiy Program that emulates CD-ROM drive to use some software without CD. This file is it's module to emulator works.
Felix Fischer gehört zum Programm "Alcohol 120%" und ist für virtuelle Laufwerke zuständig  See also: Link
This the process for the alcohol 120% virtual Drive, It is hatmless, but if you think its causing problems, check the image it had loaded.
Jean Michel Jarre Alcohol 120% Service
Christian Cawley, IT Analyst & Freelance Writer Appears to have effect on my Radeon X700 GPU, responsible I suspect for performance issues in gameplay
ro starwind belongs to burnung applications (here: alcohol). i don't know exactly but i think it has to do with the drive emulation (imagedrive)
PestVolk The task manager file for Alcohol 120% program you probably downloaded yourself.  See also: Link
chaos part of alcohol 120% program, not sure...
Stefano Alcohol 120% Virtual Drive mounting of image files
Jan It's essential for the functionality of the virtual drives of Alcohol 120% and should not be terminated. If causing troubles reinstall or terminate Alcohol's virtual drives solution.  See also: Link
Mugl Its a tool to mount SCSI devices for the use with Alcohol 120 %
mr.shadow As everyone has said, not so essential part of alc120%
Kiznik Is used by Alcohol 120%. This application allows Alcohol 120% to read emulations, virtual CD or DVD drives, or network drives. This process is not required except by Alcohol 120% for virtual drives.
Dem. Sen. John Kerry Since all I know is that it goes with alcohol I can't say it without feeling misleading that it is or is not dangerous.
stan cook this destroys system files on computers owned by gay people.
JB Part of Alcohol Software - not dangerous
zapato the annoyed I believe someone setup an ftp server on my computer using this program.
Alex Belongs to Alcohol 120%
hydra Alchohol 120% installation causes this to appear, harmless, but this and the gearsec thing have been showing up at bad times. I don't need to dedicate memory to them if I'm not using the software!!! Terminate them, but may cause problems.
billy bob 120% you can remove it doesnt cause any harm
Ryan if computer crashes, when i reboot and attempt to use any program involving the internet (AIM, firefox, etc) , it will not open or start (although it is listed in windows task manager) until I close starwindservice.exe through task manager, at which time instantly all programs tryin to acces the internet appear and work immediently after.
Spanku Verymuch Star wind blows goats. I have proof.
Nobody I can only agree with Matt it belongs to Alcohol 120% and my Anti Virus software didn't detect any Viruses (sames with my firewall) so I this process is not dangerous.......I mean momentally
AliBaBa part of "Alcohol 120%"
DaveMontreal alcohol 120%, very safe
Lyrae Comes with Alcohol, can be terminated if Alcohol is not being used, be sure that it runs before opening Alcohol.
nicht gefährlich
StarWindService.exe is a process which belongs to Alcohol 120% and provides network drive sharing capabilities to this product. May Hang On Reboot
-dura- It's part of alcohol 120%. It's needed for a performance of emulation from copyprotection.  See also: Link
Poyda StarWindService.exe is a process belonging to Alcohol 120% - In breaf, if you don't want or need any mounted DVD/CDROM drives, it does not need to be running and can be turned off within Alcohol 120%
dmaurer Starport iSCSI service installed with Alcohol 120%. Unless you are using iSCSI to network mount drives you can safely disable the service.  See also: Link
ThatTechGuy Belongs to Alcohol 120%. Zero security risk.
Scharper virtual driver for alcohol 120% and part of alcohol 120%
it's trying to act as a server so I've blocked it :)
covsoldier it an alcoholic awsome prog
alcohol 120 service
nsane alcohol 120!
amokk used by alcohol 120%
BitHit Alcohol 120% Service, tested on secure workstation without network. Absolutly harmless
Praxis The related DLL contains program copy protection and it calls home in part to notify you of updates, but seems fine to terminate... and it is possible then to mask a trojan
gehört zu alcohol, virtuelle laufwerke,harmlos
Graham It does seem to be part of Alcohol but why does it want to access the internet even when Alcohol isn't being used?
svchost.exe.exe
xRay Belongs to Alcohol 120%, BUT downloads about 400kb every 5-7 days. WTF?
Stink-o-fun This process waits for the user to go to sleep, then attempts to climb out of you computer to raid your fridge. Part of Alcohol 120% installation, not harmful
RJBoer it connects to the internet, not jet sure what it does, it should not connect to the internet
kandar I terminate this crap: del exe, clean registry
Cpututor A part of Alcohol 120%  See also: Link
GoblinKing alcohol 120% service
authmx The Windows Firewall has detected an application listening for incoming traffic. Name: - Path: D:\Program Files\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120\StarWind\StarWindService.exe Process identifier: 376 User account: SYSTEM User domain: NT AUTHORITY Service: Yes RPC server: No IP version: IPv4 IP protocol: TCP Port number: 3261 Allowed: No User notified: No
LinkTree Comes with Alcohol 120%  See also: Link
Toef alcolhol 120% file  See also: Link
DZUP the alcohol 120% software is pretty good, but it has the starwind service, after i uninstalled everything it is still running,someone could be using servers or some s!!t.
sattis if you installed alcohol 120 not dangerous. if you dont probably somethin that hooks up the name.
Aerocool ist von Starwind auf original seite!
carcasshead It kills my UMTS internet connection !
jessie Check the log files in starwind files. I see server connections, control port access attempts. Seems fishy.
falls alcohol120% installiert ist, harmlos, ansonsten trojaner der viren nachlädt

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