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MaxBlastMonitor.exe
Maxtor MaxBlast by Acronis (Signed)
| Version: | 10,0,0,5036 |
| MD5: | 36d408bd30193bab7b942d208b61822f |
| SHA1: | 7e21d293efc8589d86a0f5bba6581802afb8d9b4 |
Overview
maxblastmonitor.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). The file is digitally signed by Acronis which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium (6.0.6002.131072).
Details
| File name: | maxblastmonitor.exe |
| Publisher: | Maxtor |
| Product name: | Maxtor MaxBlast |
| Description: | Maxtor MaxBlast Monitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\maxtor\maxblast\maxblastmonitor.exe |
| File version: | 10,0,0,5036 |
| Size: | 1.3 MB (1,358,064 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/14/2007 10:38 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Acronis |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 25, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, September 26, 2007 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'MaxBlastMonitor.exe' → C:\Program Files\Maxtor\MaxBlast\MaxBlastMonitor.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00035833% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009535% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026298% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 16,134/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.61 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.55 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 516 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.61 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 76.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 77.52 MB | |
| Working set: | 656 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.55 MB | |
| Page faults: | 6,672/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30 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: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 136 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER count: | 4 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\maxtor\maxblast\maxblastmonitor.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00062371% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019191% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00043180% | |
| CPU cycles: | 33,988/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.52 MB | |
| MaxBlastMonitor.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009593% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009593% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,055/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.03 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
100.00% |
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