Should I block it?

60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

2.2.4 (build 1076) 40.00%
2.2.1 (build 75) 60.00%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

antmaintainer.exe

Ant.com ToolBar by Ant.com Limited (Signed)

Remove antmaintainer.exe
Version:   2.2.4 (build 1076)
MD5:   2f63e808995b3fb7dae56222c4d9284a
SHA1:   6135cb927527fab7ae859996a80245f96f863b1c
SHA256:   88a9bd8cf0a0ebd215aa22d6f864b13e6169d133bdc22324ee3fbfd2cd75f04e

What is antmaintainer.exe?

Ant.com Downloader and Updater for Ant.com ToolBar is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.

About antmaintainer.exe (from Ant.com Limited)

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DetailsDetails

File name:antmaintainer.exe
Publisher:Ant.com
Product name:Ant.com ToolBar
Description:Ant.com Downloader and Updater
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\ant.com\ie add-on\antmaintainer.exe
Original name:Updater.exe
File version:2.2.4 (build 1076)
Size:3.22 MB (3,378,672 bytes)
Build date:3/5/2013 11:04 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Ant.com Limited
Authority (CA):Thawte
Expiration date:Saturday, July 5, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Ant.com
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01071619%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00840620%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00230999%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:2,824 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:2,889,491/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:6.2 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):7.36 MB
Private (minimum):6.64 MB
Non-paged memory:6.2 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:112.22 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):116.03 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.34 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):15.87 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:11,417/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:20 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:119 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:8
12
Handles:208
600
GUI GDI count:72
103
GUI GDI peak:118
142
GUI USER count:44
49
GUI USER peak:77
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\ant.com\ie add-on\antmaintainer.exe" -embedding
  • "C:\users\user\desktop\antmaintainer.exe" -embedding
Owner:User
Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:0.02946194%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.02946194%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000000%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:831,027/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:36 KB
1.16 MB
AntMaintainer.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.01318782%
Kernel CPU:0.00734142%
User CPU:0.00584641%
CPU cycles:1,399,462/sec
Context switches:6/sec
Memory:3.25 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows Vista Home Premium 20.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.00%
Windows 7 Professional 20.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 20.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 80.00% of Ant.com ToolBar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Toshiba 33.33%
NEC 33.33%
Compaq 33.33%
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