Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
BoxSync.exe
Box Sync by Box (Signed)
| Version: | 3.4.25.0 |
| MD5: | 32408889590600780a7e0310f9b30b17 |
| SHA1: | 6b92b947fd31f6c6b8dd32ec47872f0f87e182f1 |
Overview
boxsync.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 Box Sync (64 bit) published by Box, Inc, Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012 (x64) from Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2012 (x64) by Microsoft Corporation.
Details
| File name: | boxsync.exe |
| Publisher: | Box, Inc. |
| Product name: | Box Sync |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\box sync\boxsync.exe |
| File version: | 3.4.25.0 |
| Size: | 7.59 MB (7,959,552 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/7/2013 10:20 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Box |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Expiration date: | Monday, August 10, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'boxsync.exe'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'BoxSync' → "C:\Program Files\Box\Box Sync\BoxSync.exe" -m
Network connections
[TCP] 74.112.184.86:80
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00025518% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00017560% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00007958% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 39,921 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,476,670/sec | |
| Context switches: | 37/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 96.53 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 81.21 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 70.43 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 96.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 700.33 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 708.2 MB | |
| Working set: | 80.01 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 117.45 MB | |
| Page faults: | 785,273/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 45.89 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 52/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 1.89 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 5/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 12.49 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 466/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 582 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 50 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 113 | |
| GUI USER count: | 72 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 97 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| BoxSync.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.05072830% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02519955% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02552875% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,523,589/sec | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory: | 7.61 MB | |
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.04148484% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00764356% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03384128% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,208,387/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00137406% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00046887% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00090519% | |
| CPU cycles: | 530,429/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00010977% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010977% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 79,735/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001166% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001166% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,008/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.09 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
37.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
37.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of Box Sync.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
44.44% |
|
| Sahara |
22.22% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.22% |
|
| Alienware |
11.11% |
|
