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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization

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fe546 17.65%
500d9 8.82%
b4ad3 8.82%
5941b 8.82%
f4a94 2.94%
8b672 35.29%
4f841 2.94%
93480 11.76%
27e40 2.94%
(Note, Bit Cocktail Ltd. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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kernel32.dll
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ole32.dll
CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CoInitialize, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoUninitialize
shell32.dll
ShellExecuteExW
urlmon.dll
URLDownloadToFileW
user32.dll
CharNextW

extensionupdaterservice.exe

By Bit Cocktail Ltd. (Signed)

Remove extensionupdaterservice.exe
MD5:   f4a9476aa49b69d28be439c64f96c714
SHA1:   73aba700c3955011302a7f4d63cc581311cced27
SHA256:   69beb137042e05078e5b2a6c160b61764e32cbf9836fe1342a8f411a518d4f2b

What is extensionupdaterservice.exe?

Bit Cocktail Web Assistant Updater 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.

About extensionupdaterservice.exe (from Bit Cocktail Ltd.)

Bitcocktail is home to a variety of products that provide an engaging and productive experience online. Bitcocktail features a variety of social and entertainment destinations like Vidzy, Playzy, Expr

DetailsDetails

File name:extensionupdaterservice.exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\web assistant\extensionupdaterservice.exe
Size:184.34 KB (188,760 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Bit Cocktail Ltd.
Authority (CA):Thawte
Expiration date:Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Perion Network Ltd.
  88% remove
Web Assistant installs into the IE and Firefox web browsers and provides advertisier supported searchs that changes and redircts default search results as well as DNS errors. Web Assistant becomes the browser's default search provider which changes all search requests as well as tracks your Internet surfing behavior in order display targeted advertising.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • IB Updater Updater

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.03565727%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.02879158%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00686569%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:391 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:9/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:8.8 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):2.36 MB
Private (minimum):2.36 MB
Non-paged memory:8.8 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:35.47 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):35.47 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.36 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):2.36 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:619/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/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:3 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:34
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI USER count:2
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\web assistant\extensionupdaterservice.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Display name:IB Updater Updater
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 26.47%
Microsoft Windows XP 20.59%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 17.65%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.76%
Windows 7 Professional 8.82%
Windows Vista Ultimate 5.88%
Windows 8 Release Preview 5.88%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.94%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 41.38% of extensionupdaterservice.exe.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 50.00%
GIGABYTE 50.00%
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