Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
NPCIA.exe
Nokia PC Internet Access by Nokia
| Version: | 2, 0, 2, 1 |
| MD5: | 16f1d5cf6465fca139fa289648b349ee |
| SHA1: | 4bb4a5b1bd442dca6d42b5af108965d880c714de |
| SHA256: | 3b500b4c73f3b6b49185545881128008a57691c233b88500e8bd11c65b2617ea |
Overview
npcia.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Nokia PC Internet Access published by Nokia, Nokia PC Internet Access from Nokia and Nokia PC Internet Access by Nokia.
Details
| File name: | npcia.exe |
| Publisher: | Nokia |
| Product name: | Nokia PC Internet Access |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nokia\pc internet access\npcia.exe |
| File version: | 2, 0, 2, 1 |
| Size: | 648 KB (663,552 bytes) |
| Build date: | 9/17/2009 3:55 AM |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Use Nokia PC Suite to move content between the phone and the computer, and get apps or the latest phone software. You can sync information between your phone and programs, such as Office Outlook, create multimedia messages, or manage your phone’s calendar effortlessly on your computer. You can also connect your computer to the internet with the help of your phone.”
Nokia Software Updater is a program designed to manage all installed Nokia programs on the user's PC and check for and update any new versions of the software if available. This service will run in the background when Windows starts and periodically check for updates.
Nokia Ovi Suite Software Updater is the updater program which runs with Windows (in the background as a service) and automatically starts up when your computer boots. It checks for updates and automatically downloads and installs them if found based on the user's settings.
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'NokiaPCInternetAccess' → "C:\Program Files\Nokia\PC Internet Access\NPCIA.exe" /b
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00198400% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00095450% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00102950% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 271 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,357,416/sec | |
| Context switches: | 474/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 12.67 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.53 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 90.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 96.47 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.61 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12.69 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,739/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 120 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 49 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 184 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 156 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 158 | |
| GUI USER count: | 80 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 80 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
40.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
40.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
|
Distribution by country
BD installs about 40.00% of Nokia PC Internet Access.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
