Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Synaptics Incorporated publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
ScrybeUpdater.exe
Synaptics Gesture Suite Featuring Scrybe by Synaptics Incorporated (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 13, 0 |
| MD5: | 1e1fda546c41ae15efe7d61c425c929f |
| SHA1: | 8cc7ff943aefc10c57c2c94459c084b35e282610 |
What is ScrybeUpdater.exe?
Scrybe Update Manager is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found. The updater will check for updates remotely and install them based on an internal schedule.
Overview
scrybeupdater.exe runs as a service under the name ScrybeUpdater (ScrybeUpdater) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Synaptics Incorporated which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | scrybeupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | Synaptics, Inc. |
| Product name: | Synaptics Gesture Suite Featuring Scrybe |
| Description: | Scrybe Update Manager. |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\synaptics\scrybe\service\scrybeupdater.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 13, 0 |
| Size: | 1.23 MB (1,294,848 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Synaptics Incorporated |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, November 24, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, December 9, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- ScrybeUpdater
- 'ScrybeUpdater' (Scrybe Updater)
Network connections
[TCP] server-216-137-37-133.sfo4.r.cloudfront.net (216.137.37.133:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00126668% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00073182% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00053486% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 406 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 659,911/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.6 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.82 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.6 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 93.05 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 97.2 MB | |
| Working set: | 10.81 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 10.98 MB | |
| Page faults: | 10,028/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 181 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2.79 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 111/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 271 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\synaptics\scrybe\service\scrybeupdater.exe" -t2 |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ScrybeUpdater |
| Display name: | ScrybeUpdater |
| Description: | “Updates your Scrybe software to ensure that you always have the latest features.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
66.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 83.33% of Synaptics Gesture Suite Featuring Scrybe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
40.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
40.00% |
|
| Acer |
20.00% |
|
