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Performance resource utilization
improvespeedpc.exe
ImproveSpeedPC by Pinery Limited (Signed)
Version: | 1.2.3.0 |
MD5: | 246b7d1aa4d72ea86a072d5b025be2f6 |
SHA1: | 1e05c86846ea1be6fe8affee12dfc2679ecd98e0 |
SHA256: | 2ae16c152bce3ecb8e272e89fa0b5c7018896e975b8317f129368decc27d1092 |
Overview
improvespeedpc.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. 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). This is typically installed with the program ImproveSpeedPC published by ImproveSpeedPC and is most likely removed by most users once installed (69% removed). The file is digitally signed by Pinery Limited which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
File name: | improvespeedpc.exe |
Publisher: | ImproveSpeedPC |
Product name: | ImproveSpeedPC |
Description: | ImproveSpeedPC Application |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\improvespeedpc\improvespeedpc.exe |
Original name: | ImproveSpeedPC.rc |
File version: | 1.2.3.0 |
Size: | 4.47 MB (4,689,536 bytes) |
Build date: | 4/2/2013 11:46 AM |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Pinery Limited |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Thursday, October 13, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Saturday, October 12, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“ImproveSpeedPC deploys a high-performance algorithm to its one click scan that quickly identities missing and inaccurate references within the windows registry. Within minutes, ImproveSpeedPC scans the entire Windows Registry for all invalid or obsolete entries and generates a list of errors found. You can then choose to clean selected errors or repair all of them. Windows Registry's main function is to store a computer's configuration....”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'ImproveSpeedPC' runs weekly in the path '\ImproveSpeedPC'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ImproveSpeedPC' → C:\Program Files\ImproveSpeedPC\ImproveSpeedPC.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00010463% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00006231% | |
User CPU: | 0.00004232% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 17,465 ms/min | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 14.33 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 20.16 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 296 KB | |
Non-paged memory: | 14.33 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 72.59 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 89.5 MB | |
Working set: | 8.58 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 20.16 MB | |
Page faults: | 449,606/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 43 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 16 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 19 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 3 | |
Handles: | 272 | |
GUI GDI count: | 698 | |
GUI USER count: | 224 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
75.00% |
|
Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of ImproveSpeedPC.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Acer |
100.00% |
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