Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Relationships

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegSetValueExW, RegCreateKeyExW, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegDeleteValueW, GetSecurityInfo, SetEntriesInAclW, SetSecurityInfo, RegDeleteKeyW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW

kernel32.dll

GetCurrentThreadId, lstrcatW, lstrcpyW, SetProcessShutdownParameters, DeleteCriticalSection, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, FindResourceW, SizeofResource, LockResource, LoadResource, FindResourceExW, FlushInstructionCache, SetLastError, LoadLibraryW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleW, OutputDebugStringA, TryEnterCriticalSection, GetModuleFileNameA, lstrlenA, GetCurrentDirectoryA, GetEnvironmentVariableA, GetCurrentProcessId, SetErrorMode, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentThread, SetEvent, WideCharToMultiByte, OpenProcess, LocalFree, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, QueryPerformanceCounter, ExitProcess, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSize, HeapReAlloc, HeapDestroy, VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, LoadLibraryA, HeapAlloc, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, GetVersionExA, GetCommandLineW, OpenMutexW, CompareStringW, LocalAlloc, UnmapViewOfFile, MapViewOfFile, CreateFileMappingW, GetSystemInfo, CreateEventW, GetComputerNameW, ReleaseMutex, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, CreateMutexW, GetCurrentProcess, GetTickCount, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, lstrlenW, lstrcmpiW, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, Sleep, GetLastError, InitializeCriticalSection, LoadLibraryExW, MultiByteToWideChar, ExitThread, lstrcpynW

msvcr70.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

StringFromGUID2, CoUninitialize, CoSuspendClassObjects, CoRevokeClassObject, CoCreateGuid, CoRegisterClassObject, CoResumeClassObjects, CoCreateInstance, ProgIDFromCLSID, CoInitialize, CLSIDFromString, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoInitializeEx, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc

shlwapi.dll

PathAppendW, PathFindExtensionW, SHDeleteKeyW, PathStripPathW

user32.dll

RegisterWindowMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, BroadcastSystemMessageW, CharNextW, GetMessageW, RegisterClassExW, GetClassInfoExW, wsprintfW, LoadCursorW, DefWindowProcW, DestroyWindow, SetWindowLongW, PeekMessageW, GetWindowLongW, CreateWindowExW, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, PostMessageW, EnumThreadWindows, IsDialogMessageW, CallWindowProcW, CharUpperBuffW, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageW, UnregisterClassA, SendMessageW, GetSystemMetrics

winmm.dll

timeGetTime

ASGHost.exe

Cognizance Identity Manager by Cognizance

Remove ASGHost.exe

Version:	2.5.0.057
MD5:	3f91d1056d2cebef374be0e55428190a
SHA1:	8269b65116127753df720de7d7a2a4fde37b20ba
SHA256:	4b48d8ed4f407d1d2535d439719b03d5ac7d6deaf8d111252351570cbdc482a2

Overview

asghost.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools published by Hewlett-Packard, Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools from Hewlett-Packard and Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools by Hewlett-Packard.

Details

File name:	asghost.exe
Publisher:	Cognizance Corporation
Product name:	Cognizance Identity Manager
Description:	Global Virtual Card Host
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\bioscrypt\verisoft\bin\asghost.exe
File version:	2.5.0.057
Product version:	2.5
Size:	64 KB (65,536 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

ASUS Security Protect Manager

ASUS

3% remove

ASUS Security Protect Manager increases system security through the use of Multifactor AuthenticationPolicy. A system administrator can assign multifactor authentication policies to other users and adminis-trators. Multifactor authentication policies define authentication methods and credentials that are requiredto log on to the system and ASUS Security Protect Manager. Authentication methods include password,TPM password, fingerprint, ...

VeriSoft Access Manager

Bioscrypt Inc.

2% remove

“This package contains the Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager software and a driver for the supported notebook models and operating systems. Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager is a fingerprint reader application. This package provides the software to configure and manage the fingerprint reader and driver.”

Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools

Hewlett-Packard

8% remove

This package contains the Credential Manager for HP ProtectTools for the supported desktop models and operating systems. Credential Manager provides password vault features.

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.01986402%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.01352320%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00634082%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	15,976,922 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	480/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	12.29 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	14.79 MB
Private (minimum):	13.11 MB
Non-paged memory:	12.29 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	84.39 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	100.79 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	14.68 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	14.84 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	41,432/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	831 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	8 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	3.77 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	328/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	20	12
Handles:	346	600
GUI GDI count:	38	103
GUI USER count:	38	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	C:\programas\hewlett-packard\iam\bin\asghost.exe -embedding "C:\Program Files\bioscrypt\verisoft\bin\asghost.exe" -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Generic Host Process for Win32 Services by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

AsGHost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.01294296%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00470653%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00823643%	0.165382%
Context switches:	1/sec	79/sec
Memory:	76 KB	1.16 MB
MSVCR70.dll
Total CPU:	0.00941769%
Kernel CPU:	0.00745569%
User CPU:	0.00196200%
Context switches:	19/sec
Memory:	336 KB
atsc70.dll (AuthenTec Sensor Control DLL by AuthenTec)
Total CPU:	0.00473736%
Kernel CPU:	0.00296085%
User CPU:	0.00177651%
Context switches:	177/sec
Memory:	1.17 MB

Common loaded modules

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

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Microsoft Windows XP	100.00%

Distribution by country

Portugal installs about 50.00% of Cognizance Identity Manager.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	100.00%

Remove Adware and Spyware Programs, FREE Download!