caremon.exe
By Wondershare Software Co. (Signed)
Overview
There are 6 versions of caremon.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.0.0.1. It is started as a Windows Service with the name 'CareMon' and described as “TuneUp360 monitor”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 143.95 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Wondershare Software Co. by VeriSign. The programs TuneUp360 (Version 7.0.0), Wondershare 1-Click PC Care (Version 7.5.0) and TuneUp360 have been observed as installing specific variations of caremon.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0018% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 1.36 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 4.1 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 198 Bytes per minute for reads and 8 Bytes per minute for writes.
About caremon.exe (from Wondershare Software Co.)
“Most computers encounter the following common problems. When the computer is new, it runs fast at first,and then months later it is running very slow. It takes long time to startup, to load websites”
 Details
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| File name: | caremon.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\tuneup360\caremon.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Wondershare Software Co. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 20, 2013 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | CareMon |
| Description: | “TuneUp360 monitor” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of caremon.exe.)
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Spotmau Software Co., Ltd. |
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“Wondershare 1-Click PC Care, a powerful PC tune up utility to tune up your PC and let your PC run like new again. This PC tuning software is able to auto diagnose and fix PC slowdowns, clean up junk f...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of caremon.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
All file variations of caremon.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
40.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
24.00% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
8.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
4.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 54.17% of caremon.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
66.67% |
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| Acer |
26.67% |
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| Sahara |
6.67% |
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