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KeNotify.exe
KeNotify Application by Compal Electronics (Signed)
| Version: | 2, 0, 50, 1 |
| MD5: | afd400aebcab252c99e60991ff00d9d2 |
| SHA1: | ee928da97324ae7c341cc8d99590ace5706755c6 |
| SHA256: | e0bc1528a92e2484c220dda55582e96bc088dfeeffe360c169e4fc2c85f1519c |
Overview
kenotify.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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including TOSHIBA Supervisor Password published by TOSHIBA Corporation, TOSHIBA Hardware Setup from TOSHIBA Corporation and TOSHIBA Hardware Setup by TOSHIBA Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Compal Electronics which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | kenotify.exe |
| Product name: | KeNotify Application |
| Description: | KeNotify MFC Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\toshiba\utilities\kenotify.exe |
| File version: | 2, 0, 50, 1 |
| Size: | 33.55 KB (34,352 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Compal Electronics |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
The Supervisor password is something that can only be set by someone using the computer.
“Run the HWSetup utility from the Windows Control Panel. This utility provides a relatively user-friendly way to change the BIOS settings. Changes to some of the settings will require re-starting the PC (and Windows). HWSetup was pre-installed on all but early Toshiba notebook models. If it doesn't appear as a Control Panel applet on your computer, you may be able to download it from the Toshiba Support website as part of the Toshiba Uti...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'KeNotify' → C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\KeNotify.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00014910% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008479% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006431% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 632 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 22,180/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.76 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.8 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.47 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.76 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 71.19 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 75.1 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.56 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.27 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,174/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: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 60 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 13 | |
| GUI USER count: | 16 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
66.67% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of KeNotify Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
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