Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

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kernel32.dll
ReleaseMutex, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, Sleep, CreateThread, LoadLibraryW, GetLastError, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, CreateMutexW, CreateEventW, GetTickCount, SetEvent, GetModuleFileNameW, MultiByteToWideChar, WideCharToMultiByte, MoveFileW, CreateFileW, DeleteFileW, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, SetLastError, RemoveDirectoryW, CreateDirectoryW, CopyFileW, GetFileAttributesW, SetFileAttributesW, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedExchange, IsDebuggerPresent, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter
msvcp90.dll
DllMain
msvcr90.dll
DllMain
shlwapi.dll
PathIsDirectoryW, PathCombineW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathFileExistsW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathAddBackslashW, PathAppendW

downloader.exe

BitDefender Shared Components by BitDefender SRL (Signed)

Remove downloader.exe
Version:   1,0,20,20
MD5:   3ef80809dc6c13d90885ad2c112eb95c
SHA1:   d365e22e806d3cdf778077b88b85a69cbe1b1984

Overview

downloader.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 updatesrv.exe (BitDefender 2011 by BitDefender SRL). The file is digitally signed by BitDefender SRL 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:downloader.exe
Publisher:BitDefender
Product name:BitDefender Shared Components
Description:BitDefender Update Downloader
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\bitdefender\bitdefender 2011\downloader.exe
File version:1,0,20,20
Size:98.73 KB (101,104 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:BitDefender SRL
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Friday, July 2, 2010
Expiration date:Monday, July 2, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01150319%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00723588%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00426731%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:78 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:10,407/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:5.99 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.1 MB
Private (minimum):9.03 MB
Non-paged memory:5.99 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:57.78 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):61.18 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:9.03 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):9.47 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,849/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:1.17 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:13 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:119
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\bitdefender\bitdefender 2011\downloader.exe" /seed /trace /stopevent 864
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:updatesrv.exe (BitDefender 2011 by BitDefender SRL)

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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