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Performance resource utilization
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savingsapp-bg.exe
SavingsApp by Friendly Apps (Signed)
| Version: | 1.1.150.27 |
| MD5: | bcea29d477535d974778c5f28a231d91 |
| SHA1: | 131dc6edab4e4ecd931bda3e0b2f5b92d147de19 |
| SHA256: | 95265999e86c243d409a1db5576fdb880d29cfb311f28176e0eeda4e668d3c7f |
What is savingsapp-bg.exe?
savingsapp-bg.exe, SavingsApp exe is a background process that interacts with the SavingsApp BHO to monitor web browsing behaviors in Internet Explorer. SavingsApp is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based on your surfing habits.
About savingsapp-bg.exe (from Friendly Apps)
“SavingsApp is a web tool that lists deals to help you save on retail sites while you shop. We provide a list of deals that you can access at anytime while shopping, allowing you to avoid having to mak”
Details
| File name: | savingsapp-bg.exe |
| Publisher: | 215 Apps |
| Product name: | SavingsApp |
| Description: | SavingsApp exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\savingsapp\savingsapp-bg.exe |
| Original name: | SavingsApp.exe |
| File version: | 1.1.150.27 |
| Size: | 877.38 KB (898,440 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Friendly Apps |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
215 SavingsApp (by 50onRed) is a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites. When a user visits an online shopping site and the program has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert the user that other deals or prices exist, or in many cases just shows adverts. It injects ads and affiliate codes in product links directly by modif...
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02754821% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00341232% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02413590% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,041 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 9/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.89 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1012 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 988 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 43.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 47.09 MB | |
| Working set: | 1008 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.95 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 105 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\savingsapp\savingsapp-bg.exe" /createbg |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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