Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Relationships

Parent process

motocast.exe (MotoCast by Motorola Mobility)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

kernel32.dll

PulseEvent, FindFirstFileW, GetCurrentProcess, CreateDirectoryW, WaitForSingleObject, SetEvent, WideCharToMultiByte, LoadLibraryW, CreateEventA, GetFileAttributesW, CreateProcessA, TerminateProcess, MultiByteToWideChar, GetLastError, SetLastError, GetProcAddress, FindClose, WaitForMultipleObjects, CreateMutexA, FindNextFileW, GetFileAttributesExW, GetCurrentThreadId, DuplicateHandle, ReleaseMutex, CloseHandle, DeleteFileW, CreateThread, RtlUnwind, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedCompareExchange, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetVersion, GetModuleHandleA, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, Sleep

libglib-2.0-0.dll

g_main_loop_quit, g_free, g_strdup_printf, g_main_loop_is_running, g_rand_new, g_rand_free, g_main_loop_run, g_rand_int_range, g_error_free, g_file_test_utf8, g_main_loop_new, g_timeout_add

libgobject-2.0-0.dll

g_type_check_instance_cast, g_type_check_instance_is_a

libgstreamer-0.10.dll

gst_object_get_type, gst_element_factory_get_type, gst_object_unref, gst_pipeline_get_bus, gst_deinit, gst_init, gst_element_get_state, gst_util_get_timestamp, gst_plugin_load_file, gst_parse_launch, gst_registry_get_default, gst_element_set_state, gst_element_set_start_time, gst_pipeline_get_type, gst_bus_add_watch, gst_plugin_feature_list_free, gst_element_seek_simple, gst_registry_get_feature_list_by_plugin, gst_plugin_feature_get_type

libgthread-2.0-0.dll

g_thread_init

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

motocast-thumbnailer.exe

By Motorola Mobility Inc. (Signed)

Remove motocast-thumbnailer.exe

MD5:	236eac6473d4ee93b0aeea22ad888a2c
SHA1:	9f2e12dba755f983981389522f3481e92e6c60e4
SHA256:	1e7a74a728f05200c56865d6dff4dbe061de0eb99045b45f242e387ef799c0b0

Overview

motocast-thumbnailer.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent motocast.exe (MotoCast by Motorola Mobility). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. The file is digitally signed by Motorola Mobility Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	motocast-thumbnailer.exe
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\motorola mobility\motocast\bin\motocast-thumbnailer.exe
Size:	234.43 KB (240,056 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Motorola Mobility Inc.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Thursday, February 16, 2012
Expiration date:	Friday, March 1, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows Console
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Windows firewall allowed program

Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections

Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Motorola Mobility\MotoCast\bin\MotoCast-thumbnailer.exe'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00085125%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00050130%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00034995%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,143 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	443,055/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	5/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	25.38 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	23.65 MB
Private (minimum):	13.53 MB
Non-paged memory:	25.38 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	116.33 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	139.38 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	13.64 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	41.96 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	136,778/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	1.62 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	160 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	4.52 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	278/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	9	12
Handles:	143	600
GUI GDI count:	9	103
GUI GDI peak:	10	142
GUI USER count:	2	49
GUI USER peak:	5	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	"C:\Program Files\motorola mobility\motocast\bin\motocast-thumbnailer.exe" --gst-plugin-path=plugins --gst-disable-registry-fork --thumb-port-file="C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\motocast\thumb_port" "C:\Program Files\motorola mobility\motocast\bin\motocast-thumbnailer.exe" --gst-plugin-path=plugins --gst-disable-registry-fork --thumb-port-file="C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\motocast\thumb_port"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	motocast.exe (MotoCast by Motorola Mobility)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00086858%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00086763%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00000096%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	37,591/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB	1.16 MB
MotoCast-thumbnailer.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00033753%
Kernel CPU:	0.00015937%
User CPU:	0.00017816%
CPU cycles:	79,351/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	244 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	50.00%
Windows 8	25.00%
Microsoft Windows XP	25.00%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 100.00% of motocast-thumbnailer.exe.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Toshiba	50.00%
ASUS	50.00%

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