PMB.exe
Pando Media Booster by Pando Networks (Signed)
| Version: | 2,6,0,8 |
| MD5: | cda339eec2427447e6eb1d54c1b916f6 |
| SHA1: | f3f4db310dd468d1c98f529562e07361796c6d8b |
| SHA256: | b3781dade5058efcb6b110e18cf0aa94dc51d4acd089ba2597bf0f2428ace74c |
Overview
pmb.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 has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Pando Media Booster published by Pando Networks Inc., Pando Media Booster from Pando Networks Inc. and Pando Media Booster by Pando Networks Inc..
Details
| File name: | pmb.exe |
| Product name: | Pando Media Booster |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pando networks\media booster\pmb.exe |
| File version: | 2,6,0,8 |
| Size: | 4.09 MB (4,287,536 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/20/2013 2:51 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Pando Networks |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, June 29, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Pando Media Booster (PMB) is an application by Pando Networks that is used by game and software publishers to ensure safe, complete and speedy downloads of large files. PMB is primarily used to download MMORPGs. Users of PMB participate in a secure, closed peer-to-peer network where users receive pieces of the download package from a Content Delivery Network (CDN) as well as other active users (peers). Unlike Pando, PMB cannot be used t...
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Pando Media Booster' → C:\Program Files\Pando Networks\Media Booster\PMB.exe
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Pando Networks\Media Booster\PMB.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Pando Networks\Media Booster\PMB.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Pando Networks\Media Booster\PMB.exe'
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
[TCP] 180.252.152.162:2870
[UDP] listens on port 57440
[UDP] listens on port 59061
[UDP] listens on port 57715
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01179248% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00500919% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00678329% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,385,692 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,183,779/sec | |
| Context switches: | 52/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 26.94 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 31.05 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 18.66 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 26.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 140.08 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 150.69 MB | |
| Working set: | 23.19 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 34.49 MB | |
| Page faults: | 768,283/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 500.13 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 17/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 28.29 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 41/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 17.74 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 705/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 29 | |
| Handles: | 789 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 14 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 16 | |
| GUI USER count: | 10 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 12 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| PMB.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.07475415% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02184358% | |
| User CPU: | 0.05291056% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,649,555/sec | |
| Context switches: | 5/sec | |
| Memory: | 4.13 MB | |
| npggNT.des |
| Total CPU: | 0.00707771% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00707771% | |
| CPU cycles: | 99,339/sec | |
| Memory: | 256 KB | |
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00352006% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00094054% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00257953% | |
| CPU cycles: | 138,479/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| mswsock.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00017285% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00017285% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 643/sec | |
| Memory: | 240 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004176% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004176% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,601/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 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 7 Home Premium |
27.03% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
25.68% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.27% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
8.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.76% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
4.05% |
|
| Windows 8 |
4.05% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.70% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.35% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 35.14% of Pando Media Booster.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
21.05% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
17.54% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.04% |
|
| Acer |
14.04% |
|
| Dell |
10.53% |
|
| Compaq |
7.02% |
|
| Intel |
3.51% |
|
| Sony |
3.51% |
|
| Sahara |
3.51% |
|
| ASUS |
3.51% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.75% |
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