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45% of PCs block this file from running.
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EgisUpdate.exe
EgisTec In-Product Service by EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.1.36.0 |
| MD5: | dc1aa3868108b8ff57f6c8045fcd4603 |
| SHA1: | a8aa94048fe3d6017964039e44d2b69ea0d93198 |
| SHA256: | 6d32849d6296abd24b56628161075299a2e0a5ff2071f3c1fd08dd4876c020f0 |
What is EgisUpdate.exe?
EgisUpdate Release Application egisupdate.exe is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
egisupdate.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | egisupdate.exe |
| Publisher: | Egis Technology Inc. |
| Product name: | EgisTec In-Product Service |
| Description: | EgisUpdate Release Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\egistec ips\egisupdate.exe |
| File version: | 1.1.36.0 |
| Size: | 196.86 KB (201,584 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 2, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'EgisTecLiveUpdate' → "C:\Program Files\EgisTec Egis Software Update\EgisUpdate.exe"
- 'EgisUpdate' → "C:\Program Files\EgisTec IPS\EgisUpdate.exe" -d
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'EgisUpdate' runs on logon in the path '\EgisUpdate'
- The job 'Egis technology online update program' runs weekly in the path '\Egis technology online update program'
- Entry path '\Egis technology online update program'
- Entry path '\EgisUpdate'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\EgisUpdate'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009469% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004052% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005417% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,209,043 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,787/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.79 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.34 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.3 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.79 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 81.2 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 82.76 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.13 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.7 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,944/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 14 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 83 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 117 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 15 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 18 | |
| GUI USER count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
45.98% |
|
| Windows 8 |
31.03% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
8.05% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.60% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.45% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.45% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.15% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.15% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.15% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 39.08% of EgisTec In-Product Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
97.14% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
2.86% |
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