Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
(Note, SmartTweak Software Ltd publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
 PE file structure
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Import table
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
fixmyregistry.exe
By SmartTweak Software Ltd (Signed)
| MD5: | 0e54309973880cb4ccab3c5518bf513c |
| SHA1: | df2cd24db1673854fc07ce35f8fa14cd59fb1df7 |
| SHA256: | e246dc6693c4ec0ff73981de7b792f4d01f86a7b94d67832e7be45da050fa78b |
Overview
fixmyregistry.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). This is typically installed with the program FixMyRegistry published by SmartTweak Software. The file is digitally signed by SmartTweak Software Ltd which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | fixmyregistry.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\smarttweak software\fixmyregistry\fixmyregistry.exe |
| Size: | 1.8 MB (1,886,840 bytes) |
| Build date: | 1/10/2013 2:53 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | SmartTweak Software Ltd |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 5, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | Yes |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
FixMyRegistry is a utility designed to optimize PC performance by allowing the user to prevent various processes from running on startup. FixMyRegistry includes a Windows registry repair utility designed to fix potentially damaged registry entries by scanning for entries that point to various files that are no longer active on the PC. The necessity and usefulness of registry cleaners is a controversial topic, with experts in disagreemen...
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'FixMyRegistry' → C:\Program Files\SmartTweak Software\FixMyRegistry\FixMyRegistry.exe /ot /as
Network connections
[TCP] smarttweak.com (67.213.216.68:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00524462% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00184404% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00340058% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 13,728,088 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 566,572/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 16.01 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 22.67 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 20.54 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 16.01 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 87.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 93.27 MB | |
| Working set: | 22.64 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 22.84 MB | |
| Page faults: | 8,194/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 14 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 88/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 212 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 646 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 656 | |
| GUI USER count: | 84 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 92 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
66.67% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
MW installs about 33.33% of fixmyregistry.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
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