Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Search Safer Inc. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
pcreg.exe
By Search Safer Inc. (Signed)
| MD5: | 1b7464e530d6fb7a9f94613b33662eb1 |
| SHA1: | 0c17e80c6cd14fec37238344e13bee99d48a67ba |
Overview
pcreg.exe runs as a service under the name pcregservice Service (pcregservice) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Search Safer Inc. which was issued by the DigiCert Inc certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | pcreg.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pcreg\pcreg.exe |
| Size: | 243.19 KB (249,024 bytes) |
| Build date: | 4/25/2014 2:12 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Search Safer Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'pcregservice' (pcregservice Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00018612% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010554% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00008059% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,203 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 42,328/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.23 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.74 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.15 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 88.49 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 91.02 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.74 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.66 MB | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 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: | 642 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 33/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 222 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00025344% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020592% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004752% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,936/sec | |
| Memory: | 292 KB | |
| pcreg.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003168% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001584% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001584% | |
| CPU cycles: | 371/sec | |
| Memory: | 256 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of pcreg.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
66.67% |
|
| Toshiba |
33.33% |
|
