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kernel32.dll
ExitProcess, GetProcAddress, GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleFileNameA, GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentProcessId, Sleep, GetCurrentThreadId, WinExec, LoadLibraryA, K32EmptyWorkingSet, GetStringTypeW, MultiByteToWideChar, LCMapStringW, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapReAlloc, HeapAlloc, RtlUnwind, HeapSize, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, WideCharToMultiByte, HeapFree, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, HeapCreate, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetStdHandle, WriteFile, InterlockedDecrement, SetLastError, InterlockedIncrement, GetLastError, GetModuleHandleW, DecodePointer, GetCommandLineW, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, EncodePointer, LoadLibraryW, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsSetValue, TlsFree
user32.dll
PostQuitMessage, UnhookWindowsHookEx, DefWindowProcW, EndPaint, BeginPaint, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassExW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, SetWindowsHookExW, LoadStringW, ChangeWindowMessageFilter, RegisterWindowMessageW, IsWindow, GetSystemMetrics, SendMessageW, FindWindowA

Decor8.exe

Stardock Decor8 by Stardock Corporation (Signed)

Remove Decor8.exe
Version:   1.0.0.2
MD5:   3c7c4d6c465a9107102385a145201245
SHA1:   b512fb8b22c5ced76d4da284e2f9bfe78e63f305
SHA256:   cb15ffc97ebe191f38ef62ffb58b39b62b8adbd2184bc4407666a5869a07032a

Overview

decor8.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent decor8srv.exe (Stardock Decor8 by Stardock Corporation). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Decor8 published by Stardock Corporation, Decor8 from Stardock Corporation and Decor8 by Stardock Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Stardock Corporation which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:decor8.exe
Publisher:Stardock Software, Inc
Product name:Stardock Decor8
Description:Decor8
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\stardock\decor8\decor8.exe
File version:1.0.0.2
Product version:0.95
Size:59.17 KB (60,592 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Stardock Corporation
Authority (CA):COMODO CA Limited
Effective date:Sunday, April 10, 2011
Expiration date:Thursday, April 10, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Decor8
 Stardock Corporation
6% remove
“Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only a few provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes. Choose from more background images to personalize your start screen. Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors.”
Stardock Decor8
 Stardock Corporation
6% remove
“Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only a few provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes. Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors. Decor8 will automatically create a color scheme to match each of your background images. Or you can customize the color scheme, it's up to you. Custom color schemes can also be a...”
Stardock DeskScapes 8
 Stardock Corporation
2% remove
“DeskScapes gives you the capability to animate and customize the wallpaper on your Windows desktop. Choose one of the animated wallpapers already included with DeskScapes, or use your own images WMV files to personalize your desktop. Use DreamMaker (included with DeskScapes) to design your own creations! Save videos or hybrid .Dream files with a wallpaper and video elements. You can also apply any dream as your PC screensaver! DeskSca...”
Stardock IconPackager
 Stardock Corporation
8% remove
“IconPackager is a program that allows users to change nearly all of their Windows icons at once by applying "packages" of icons. A package of icons contains icons to replace most of the common icons on your Windows PC. Everything from "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", Folders, all the way to specific file format icons such as .doc and .xls files and any other file type a user wishes to use. With its shell integration, IconPackager also al...”
Stardock Start8
 Stardock Corporation
8% remove
“We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements. ”
Stardock WindowBlinds
 Stardock Corporation
25% remove
“WindowBlinds is the world's most popular desktop enhancement utility. With a user base estimated at around 10 million, WindowBlinds is used by both consumers and corporations who want to change the way the Windows user interface looks and feels. It is the only program of its kind used and certified by Microsoft. WindowBlinds 4.5 includes the new ability to change the color of visual styles through hue shifting along with modifying the b...”
Start8
 Stardock Corporation
4% remove
“We put the "Start" menu back in Windows 8. We accurately recreated the most used desktop feature billions of users depend on every day and packed it with additional functionality. Start8 returns the same Windows 7-style Start menu you have depended upon, while adding enhancements just for Windows 8. Quickly access your applications, devices, music, videos and documents the way you always have with Start 8. Features include a Windows 7-s...”
Theme Manager
 Stardock Corporation
26% remove
“Manage all your skins, themes, wallpapers, icons, etc. from a single interface. You can even mix and match them together to create your own theme files! Use Theme Manager to apply your free and purchased themes. Use the theme as a whole or only select elements. Manage all your skins, themes, wallpapers, icons, etc. from a single interface. Theme Manager is a front-end to other desktop enhancement programs to simplify the user experien...”
Stardock Tweak7
 Stardock Corporation
7% remove
WinRAR beta 1 64-bit
 win.rar GmbH
6% remove
WinRAR is a file archiver and data compression utility that supports RAR, and ZIP and can unpack ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE and 7z compressed archives. Version 5 uses the RAR5 archive format that cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR. This format features a maximum 1GB dictionary (only in 64bit version), better multicore support, it removes multimedia, text and itanium binaries special compression algorithms.

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00012980%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00010418%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00002562%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:10 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:1,032/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:534.67 KB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.55 MB
Private (minimum):552 KB
Non-paged memory:534.67 KB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:30.35 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):32.26 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:632 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):2.58 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,103/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:1
12
Handles:29
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:6
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\stardock\decor8\decor8.exe" start
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:decor8srv.exe (Stardock Decor8 by Stardock Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8.1 33.33%
Windows 8 Pro 33.33%
Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation 33.33%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Egypt installs about 66.67% of Stardock Decor8.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
GIGABYTE 50.00%
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