ahddc2_guard.exe
By Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG (Signed)
| Version: | 1.1.0.0 |
| MD5: | b6aa3f31b7e0ee142cc4e53d768ba043 |
| SHA1: | 5fac5fe6e548d3363f9882a01d87a1d85d2c2b45 |
| SHA256: | 1a349c5bb38472ecbc1fb51c6b8308f694a086654270a0e383325319488c11ba |
About ahddc2_guard.exe (from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG)
“Be honest. In the digital era where bits and bytes have the day, does anyone really think about which tasks are performed by the hardware found in your typical computer? Integrated hardware components”
Overview
ahddc2_guard.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Ashampoo HDD Control published by Vinny27, Ashampoo HDD Control 2 v.2.1.0 from Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG and Ashampoo HDD Control 2 v.2.1.0 by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. The file is digitally signed by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | ahddc2_guard.exe |
| Publisher: | Ashampoo Development GmbH & Co. KG |
| Description: | Ashampoo HDDControl Guard |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ashampoo\ashampoo hdd control 2\ahddc2_guard.exe |
| File version: | 1.1.0.0 |
| Product version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 3.61 MB (3,783,592 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, March 7, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, February 28, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“The hard drive is one of the most important components of your computer. Even if a hard drive works flawlessly, it should still be regularly checked and maintained. This way an imminent hard drive failure can be detected early and might be prevented. If suddenly major problems occur or if your hard drive even completely fails, data loss might be the result. ”
“The hard drive is one of the most important components of your computer. Even if a hard drive works flawlessly, it should still be regularly checked and maintained. This way an imminent hard drive failure can be detected early and might be prevented. If suddenly major problems occur or if your hard drive even completely fails, data loss might be the result. Use for example the S.M.A.R.T self-test or adjust the noise level and power man...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Ashampoo HDD-Control 2 Guard' → "C:\Program Files\Ashampoo\Ashampoo HDD Control 2\AHDDC2_Guard.exe"
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00029654% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009983% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00019671% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,484,090 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 15/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 8.68 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.96 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 11.68 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 8.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 105.19 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 117.65 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.93 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.96 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,496/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 159 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 181 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 190 | |
| GUI USER count: | 41 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 44 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
57.14% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.29% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.86% of ahddc2_guard.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
66.67% |
|
| Acer |
33.33% |
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