Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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BoxSync.exe
Box Sync by Box (Signed)
| Version: | 3.4.20.0 |
| MD5: | b0e2cf4b6c9166512a15d60ebf25db86 |
| SHA1: | b832e0e9c3ce7e3a4db9aa79b68cf942c3f4c503 |
| SHA256: | c8a5da68311f03e566a53aaf3bd6ed86e989d8c0a276442bf562e0d856b3d76c |
Overview
boxsync.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. 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). This is typically installed with the program Box Sync (64 bit) published by Box, Inc. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Box which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | boxsync.exe |
| Publisher: | Box, Inc. |
| Product name: | Box Sync |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\box sync\boxsync.exe |
| File version: | 3.4.20.0 |
| Size: | 7.6 MB (7,969,792 bytes) |
| 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 program will install this file
“Box Sync goes far beyond simple storage. We've said 'sayonara' to old versions, colliding edits, email attachments and out-of-sync updates. Box Sync lets you access the content you work with most! It couldn't be faster or easier. Box Sync makes it easy to access Box content from your desktop, even if you're offline. Synced files and folders are always available on your desktop, with or without a connection. With desktop sync, your Box c...”
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: | 0.00027611% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015237% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012374% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 192,672 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 8,058,499/sec | |
| Context switches: | 125/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 94.13 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 84.03 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 49.74 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 94.13 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 780.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 788.67 MB | |
| Working set: | 59.9 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 120 MB | |
| Page faults: | 532,563/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 7.64 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 10/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 559 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 687 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 40/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 22 | |
| Handles: | 816 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 64 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 154 | |
| GUI USER count: | 92 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 118 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| BoxSync.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.09594571% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.06319678% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03274893% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,030,945/sec | |
| Context switches: | 48/sec | |
| Memory: | 7.62 MB | |
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01658489% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00236739% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01421750% | |
| CPU cycles: | 369,939/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00137321% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00060581% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00076740% | |
| CPU cycles: | 198,228/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.62 MB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007960% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006509% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001451% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,078/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.63 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004821% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004821% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,070/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.74 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
37.50% |
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| 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% |
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