broadwave.exe

BroadWave by NCH Software (Signed)

Remove broadwave.exe
Version:   1.27
MD5:   29d02ae24ae81de1ce5552618f147ffd
SHA1:   d375a2937cf2d06cf830285b1144273396670837
SHA256:   eda6e9e35dc37bfcdc5e6fd1d035e937d9ebf75fbfe2f199924c4d35b43c44c7

Overview

broadwave.exe runs as a service under the name BroadWave Audio Streaming Server (BroadWaveService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program BroadWave Audio Streaming Server published by NCH Software. The file is digitally signed by NCH Software which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:broadwave.exe
Publisher:NCH Software
Product name:BroadWave
Description:BroadWave Audio Streaming Server
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\nch software\broadwave\broadwave.exe
File version:1.27
Size:925.72 KB (947,936 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:NCH Software
Authority (CA):Thawte
Effective date:Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Expiration date:Friday, August 2, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
NCH Software
8% remove
During installation the program will offer the user to install the NCH Toolbar, an ad-supported web browser toolbar.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'BroadWaveService' (BroadWave Audio Streaming Server)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00119183%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00019014%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00100169%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:25,171 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:14,841,480/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:7.6 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):11.26 MB
Private (minimum):7.24 MB
Non-paged memory:7.6 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:93.44 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):96.74 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:8.16 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):11.27 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:3,212/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:1.14 MB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2,938/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:39.65 MB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:4,701/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:229.5 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:14,690/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:12
12
Handles:212
600
GUI GDI count:120
103
GUI GDI peak:128
142
GUI USER count:59
49
GUI USER peak:66
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\nch software\broadwave\broadwave.exe" -service
  • "C:\Program Files\nch software\broadwave\broadwave.exe" -logon
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:BroadWaveService
Display name:BroadWave Audio Streaming Server
Description:“Allows BroadWave Audio Streaming Server to run in the background if required.”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:0.04458622%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.02684911%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.01773711%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,110,080/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:22/sec
79/sec
Memory:252 KB
1.16 MB
broadwave.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.03508112%
Kernel CPU:0.01521847%
User CPU:0.01986265%
CPU cycles:1,555,845/sec
Context switches:40/sec
Memory:1.11 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 50.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 50.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

PR installs about 50.00% of BroadWave.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 66.67%
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
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