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DevDetect.exe

Device Detector by ACD Systems International Inc (Signed)

Remove DevDetect.exe
Version:   4,0,87,0
MD5:   c2f8a8452b8d18f7092fd04fd3eb885c
SHA1:   6fa36df2a7d60a4c5f15fe2a0fb29e38bc7602e3
SHA256:   2b3189ff38d69177d1cba3962549f8c43d700ddd119027a72f62c9a796586b7d

Overview

devdetect.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including ACDSee Pro 2 published by ACD Systems Ltd and ACDSee 10 Photo Manager published by ACD Systems Ltd. The file is digitally signed by ACD Systems International Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7600.0).

DetailsDetails

File name:devdetect.exe
Publisher:ACD Systems, Ltd.
Product name:Device Detector
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\acd systems\en\devdetect.exe
File version:4,0,87,0
Size:429.33 KB (439,632 bytes)
Build date:11/2/2007 8:19 AM
Certificate
Issued to:ACD Systems International Inc
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, October 5, 2550
Expiration date:Tuesday, October 5, 2551
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
ACD Systems Ltd
19% remove
ACDSee Pro is an image organizer, viewer, and RAW / image editor programs for Microsoft Windows. ACDSee's main features are speed, lossless RAW/image editing, image batch processing, metadata (Exif/IPTC), with support to edit/embed metadata in image files, rating, keywords, and categories, and geotagging/GPS support. Judging the image quality of a picture is fast due to next/previous image caching, fast image/RAW decoding and support fo...
ACD Systems Ltd
18% remove
ACDSee is a image organizer, viewer, and RAW / image editor programs for Microsoft Windows. ACDSee's main features are speed, lossless RAW/image editing, image batch processing, metadata (Exif/IPTC), with support to edit/embed metadata in image files, rating, keywords, and categories, and geotagging/GPS support. Judging the image quality of a picture is fast due to next/previous image caching, fast image/RAW decoding and support for on...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Device Detector' → DevDetect.exe -autorun

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00964999%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00615117%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00349883%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:109 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):5.78 MB
Private (minimum):5.41 MB
Non-paged memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:77.71 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):84.61 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:5.42 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.26 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:107
600
GUI GDI count:13
103
GUI GDI peak:17
142
GUI USER count:10
49
GUI USER peak:12
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\acd systems\en\devdetect.exe" -autorun
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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