Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1.10.5.40382	16.67%
1.10.4.40317	16.67%
1.10.1.40262	66.67%

Relationships

kindle.exe

Kindle by Amazon Services LLC (Signed)

Remove kindle.exe

Version:	1.10.5.40382
MD5:	706c5d39bcfd9942919f2001869bf9b1
SHA1:	ddf11b5bf8584a4ff59226036ab4a7802f387b34
SHA256:	78e22d54666004851bb0fcb8e50a1dacdff3533ad54cd2809baefdd627e77a35

Overview

kindle.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. This is typically installed with the program Amazon Kindle published by Amazon Services LLC. The file is digitally signed by Amazon Services LLC which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	kindle.exe
Publisher:	Amazon.com
Product name:	Kindle
Typical file path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\amazon\kindle\application\kindle.exe
Original name:	KindleForPC.exe
File version:	1.10.5.40382
Size:	15.62 MB (16,376,192 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Amazon Services LLC
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Expiration date:	Saturday, March 22, 2014
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Amazon Kindle

Amazon Services LLC

4% remove

“Read more than 1 million Kindle books on your PC with our free Kindle reading app. No Kindle device required. Our Whispersync technology syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across various devices. Our Whispersync technology automatically syncs your books across apps, so you can start reading on one device with the Kindle app installed, and pick up where you left off on another device with the Kindle app installed...”

Behaviors

Scheduled tasks

The task '{BD7E6BF3-BD65-498E-B5F3-AD462A35A11E}' runs on registration in the path '\{BD7E6BF3-BD65-498E-B5F3-AD462A35A11E}'
The job '{88A625D1-69FC-493F-8383-84DDACA128E2}' runs on registration in the path '\{88A625D1-69FC-493F-8383-84DDACA128E2}'
The task '{4F02E2F2-2571-4DCB-AFA8-896E8764D121}' runs on registration in the path '\{4F02E2F2-2571-4DCB-AFA8-896E8764D121}'
Entry path '\{FAF54C46-513F-4530-9F3D-5FAEC4B2C204}'

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00004340%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002624%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00001715%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	76,612 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	4,416,683/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	253.38 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	297.7 MB
Private (minimum):	228.53 MB
Non-paged memory:	253.38 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	574.07 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	618.43 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	240.91 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	298.38 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	9,034,665/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	36.82 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	15/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	4.77 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	598 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	77/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	13	12
Handles:	858	600
GUI GDI count:	1461	103
GUI GDI peak:	1507	142
GUI USER count:	494	49
GUI USER peak:	509	71