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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

3.1.3.0 10.00%
3.1.0.0 5.00%
3.0.6.0 2.50%
3.0.4.0 5.00%
2,0,17,0 12.50%
2,0,16,0 22.50%
2,0,13,1 7.50%
2,0,13,0 2.50%
2,0,5,0 2.50%
1, 7, 11, 0 2.50%
1, 5, 13, 0 2.50%
1, 5, 13, 0 15.00%
1, 5, 3, 0 2.50%
1, 5, 0, 18 2.50%
1, 2, 0, 6 2.50%
1, 0, 0, 0 2.50%

Relationships

PE structurePE file structure
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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegSetValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegQueryValueExW
kernel32.dll
EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, lstrcpynW, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, FreeLibrary, MultiByteToWideChar, SizeofResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, LoadLibraryExW, GetModuleHandleW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetTickCount, GetFileAttributesW, WaitForSingleObject, GetCurrentProcessId, CreateEventW, SetEvent, PostQueuedCompletionStatus, CreateIoCompletionPort, ReadDirectoryChangesW, DuplicateHandle, GetCurrentProcess, CancelIo, CreateFileW, GetQueuedCompletionStatus, Sleep, CreateThread, lstrcmpiW, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateMutexW, SetLastError, GetCommandLineW, GetProcAddress, GetLastError, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetStartupInfoW, GetModuleHandleA, ExitProcess, GetVersionExA, GetExitCodeThread, WideCharToMultiByte, InterlockedCompareExchange, IsBadReadPtr, GetEnvironmentVariableW, LoadLibraryW, OpenEventW, CloseHandle, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, RaiseException, lstrcpyW, lstrlenW, GetVersionExW, GetThreadLocale, GetLocaleInfoA, GetACP, lstrcatW, InterlockedExchange, GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW, GetVolumePathNameW, lstrlenA, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent
msvcp71.dll
DllMain
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcr71.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, StringFromGUID2, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoCopyProxy, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoTaskMemFree
shlwapi.dll
SHRegWriteUSValueW, SHRegQueryUSValueW, SHRegDeleteUSValueW, SHRegCreateUSKeyW, SHRegCloseUSKey, PathIsURLW, UrlCreateFromPathW, UrlCanonicalizeW, UrlIsW, PathFindExtensionW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathFindFileNameW, PathAppendW, PathIsUNCW, PathCreateFromUrlW
user32.dll
CharUpperW, KillTimer, DefWindowProcW, PostQuitMessage, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageW, GetMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, SetTimer, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassW, DestroyWindow, SetWindowLongW, GetWindowLongW, MessageBoxW, CharNextW, PostMessageW, UnregisterClassW, RegisterWindowMessageW, UnregisterClassA, UnregisterDeviceNotification, RegisterDeviceNotificationW

NMBgMonitor.exe

Nero Home by Nero AG (Signed)

Remove NMBgMonitor.exe
Version:   3.1.3.0
MD5:   7bf2d3a10da0149a5b95261bd000c68f
SHA1:   c0c78b928842bc739976cfb5c397e5874f612dc4
SHA256:   0ff451f4c72e0d89b182f124de2e59a4ac128f5df493d66b104b0b7009099e3d

About NMBgMonitor.exe (from Nero AG)

“Nero Home combines television and the recording of television programs with playback of DVD-Videos and audio/video files in an easy-to-use interface. Nero Home does more than just play your media file”

Overview

nmbgmonitor.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). The file is digitally signed by Nero AG which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:nmbgmonitor.exe
Publisher:Nero AG
Product name:Nero Home
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\ahead\lib\nmbgmonitor.exe
File version:3.1.3.0
Size:197.29 KB (202,024 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Nero AG
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, April 20, 2006
Expiration date:Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'BgMonitor_{79662E04-7C6C-4d9f-84C7-88D8A56B10AA}' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\NMBgMonitor.exe"

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00019998%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00004918%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00015081%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:16 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:7.14 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):11.93 MB
Private (minimum):200 KB
Non-paged memory:7.14 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:91.14 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):94.14 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.7 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):11.94 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:122
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:10
142
GUI USER count:6
49
GUI USER peak:8
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\nero\lib\nmbgmonitor.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 34.48%
Microsoft Windows XP 31.03%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.34%
Windows Seven Black Edition 6.90%
Windows 7 Professional 6.90%
Windows 8 Single Language 3.45%
Windows 8 Enterprise 3.45%
Windows 8 Pro 3.45%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 17.24% of Nero Home.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 38.71%
ASUS 25.81%
Acer 19.35%
Toshiba 6.45%
Hewlett-Packard 3.23%
American Megatrends 3.23%
GIGABYTE 3.23%
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