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

VersionsAdditional versions

1.3.24.15 3.41%
1.3.24.7 3.41%
1.3.22.5 1.14%
1.3.22.3 1.14%
1.3.21.165 15.34%
1.3.21.153 14.20%
1.3.21.149 2.27%
1.3.21.145 11.36%
1.3.21.135 21.59%
1.3.21.129 0.57%
1.3.21.123 23.30%
1.3.21.115 1.14%
1.3.21.111 1.14%

Relationships


PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
GetSecurityDescriptorLength, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, MakeSelfRelativeSD, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, TraceEvent, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegisterTraceGuidsW, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegOpenKeyExW, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, GetLengthSid, RegQueryValueExW, CopySid, AddAce, IsValidSid, InitializeAcl, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, OpenProcessToken, EqualSid, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetAce, GetAclInformation, MakeAbsoluteSD, OpenThreadToken, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, CheckTokenMembership, FreeSid, CreateProcessAsUserW
kernel32.dll
HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, GetStartupInfoW, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, InterlockedIncrement, SetLastError, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThread, ExitProcess, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, Sleep, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, MultiByteToWideChar, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineA, GetCommandLineW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, RtlUnwind, LoadLibraryA, GetLocaleInfoA, WideCharToMultiByte, FreeLibrary, InterlockedExchange, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, CreateEventW, CreateFileW, GetLocalTime, lstrcmpW, SetFilePointer, OutputDebugStringA, WaitForSingleObject, GetPrivateProfileIntW, lstrcmpiW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, OutputDebugStringW, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexW, ReadFile, GetFileAttributesExW, MoveFileExW, GetFileTime, FlushFileBuffers, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetModuleHandleW, CreateDirectoryW, RemoveDirectoryW, HeapDestroy, LoadLibraryW, LocalFree, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, UnregisterWaitEx, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateProcessW, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetTempPathW, VirtualQuery, TryEnterCriticalSection, SetEvent, ResetEvent, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetVersionExW, lstrcpynW, VerSetConditionMask, VerifyVersionInfoW, ReadProcessMemory, GetThreadLocale, GlobalAlloc, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GlobalFree, GetProcessTimes, UnregisterWait, QueueUserWorkItem, DisconnectNamedPipe, CreateNamedPipeW, ConnectNamedPipe, GetOverlappedResult, WritePrivateProfileStringW, lstrlenW, CloseHandle, GetCurrentProcess, LoadResource, LockResource, DeleteFileW, SizeofResource, GetLastError, FindResourceExW, RaiseException, TerminateProcess, FindResourceW, CreateFileA, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetSystemInfo, VirtualProtect, GetCurrentThreadId, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DuplicateHandle, GetVersionExA, OpenProcess, WaitForMultipleObjects, DeviceIoControl, CreateThread, GetComputerNameExW, GetSystemDefaultLangID, GetUserDefaultLangID, WaitNamedPipeW, TransactNamedPipe, SetNamedPipeHandleState, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreW, RtlCaptureContext, DllMain, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, DebugActiveProcess, GetThreadContext, DebugActiveProcessStop, VirtualQueryEx, GetProcessId, ContinueDebugEvent, WaitForDebugEvent, EncodePointer, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DecodePointer, HeapSetInformation
netapi32.dll
NetApiBufferFree, NetWkstaGetInfo
ole32.dll
StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathCanonicalizeW, PathIsRelativeW, PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, SHQueryValueExW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathStripPathW
user32.dll
UnregisterClassA, wvsprintfW, CloseClipboard, SetClipboardData, EmptyClipboard, OpenClipboard, wsprintfW, MessageBoxW, CharLowerW, GetMessageW, PeekMessageW, DispatchMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, EnumWindows, IsWindowVisible, GetWindowThreadProcessId, CharUpperW
userenv.dll
UnloadUserProfile, CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW, VerQueryValueW

googlecrashhandler.exe

Google Update by Google Inc (Signed)

Remove googlecrashhandler.exe
Version:   1.3.21.153
MD5:   8726802ea4fbffa3fd54fd2449bf51d4
SHA1:   7a498bed8b9d08d1594fa48ab9df46365016666f
SHA256:   2e6dc506ee7c1c50f85d21404c66991b56e9b36921e0eab2b35b5efbf4c09290

What is googlecrashhandler.exe?

GoogleCrashHandler.exe is a Google application which is automatically installed on your PC when you install many of the Google applications such as the Google Toolbar or Google Chrome. This program sends anonymous usage data and crash reports to Google.

About googlecrashhandler.exe (from Google Inc)

To make sure that you're protected by the latest security updates, Google Chrome automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available. The update process happens in

DetailsDetails

File name:googlecrashhandler.exe
Publisher:Google Inc.
Product name:Google Update
Description:Google Crash Handler
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.115\googlecrashhandler.exe
Original name:GoogleUpdate.exe
File version:1.3.21.153
Size:212.88 KB (217,992 bytes)
Build date:7/10/2013 10:25 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Google Inc
Authority (CA):Thawte
Expiration date:Sunday, November 9, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.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:0.00035980%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00023875%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00012105%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:318,417 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:6,689/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:3/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.97 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.29 MB
Private (minimum):380 KB
Non-paged memory:1.97 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:44.71 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):53.03 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:672.32 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.17 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:19,689/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:14 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:9 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:23 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:109
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI GDI peak:4
142
GUI USER count:1
49
GUI USER peak:1
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\google\update\1.3.21.153\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.153\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\google\update\1.3.21.153\googlecrashhandler.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:googleupdate.exe (Google Update by Google Inc)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.01315023%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.01207362%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00107661%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:307,760/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:1/sec
79/sec
Memory:1.67 MB
1.16 MB
GoogleCrashHandler.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00069753%
Kernel CPU:0.00050048%
User CPU:0.00019705%
CPU cycles:12,113/sec
Memory:232 KB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:0.00019582%
Kernel CPU:0.00019582%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:2,077/sec
Memory:276 KB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.71%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.43%
Windows 8 Pro 8.57%
Windows 7 Professional 8.00%
Windows 8 4.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.86%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 2.86%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.71%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.14%
Windows 8.1 1.14%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Starter 1.14%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 1.14%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.14%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.57%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 0.57%
Windows Vista Business 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.57%
21 other Windows OS version

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 47.65% of Google Update.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 25.15%
Hewlett-Packard 19.76%
Toshiba 13.17%
Acer 11.38%
ASUS 10.78%
Intel 4.79%
Sony 4.79%
Compaq 2.40%
Samsung 1.80%
GIGABYTE 1.80%
Gateway 1.20%
Lenovo 1.20%
MSI 1.20%
American Megatrends 0.60%
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