Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 6,1,7200,178 |
5.41% |
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| 6,1,7200,177 |
13.51% |
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| 6,1,6000,81 |
2.70% |
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| 6,1,0,102 |
8.11% |
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| 6,0,7200,179 |
2.70% |
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| 6,0,7200,178 |
2.70% |
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| 6,0,7200,178 |
2.70% |
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| 6,0,6000,82 |
2.70% |
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| 6,0,32,138 |
10.81% |
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| 6, 0, 0, 20 |
16.22% |
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| 5, 2, 0, 5 |
29.73% |
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| 5, 0, 2, 0 |
2.70% |
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Relationships
SMax4PNP.exe
SMax4PNP Application by Analog Devices
| Version: | 5, 0, 2, 0 |
| MD5: | da0e7b8ec61b566a101b907ddd1c4f62 |
| SHA1: | 056e79911968c0b49f4a9fb62566f2425e40a560 |
| SHA256: | 4fc869c55669d355d357cad5c42fc97030fe011bcdfe0673f0bfd9848606f20b |
Overview
SMax4PNP.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including SoundMAX published by Analog Devices and SoundMAX published by Analog Devices.
Details
| File name: | SMax4PNP.exe |
| Publisher: | Analog Devices, Inc. |
| Product name: | SMax4PNP Application |
| Description: | SMax4PNP MFC Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\analog devices\soundmax\smax4pnp.exe |
| File version: | 5, 0, 2, 0 |
| Size: | 1.32 MB (1,388,544 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.189810 |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“SoundMAX is a suite of audio processing algorithms tailored to run on ADI components. These processing algorithms are licensed to equipment manufacturers, who integrate them with ADI’s signal processing solutions to deliver an optimal listening solution to their customers. The SoundMAX logo gives you confidence that your entertainment experience will be the best it can be. Analog Devices has long been known for world-class audio signal ...”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SoundMAXPnP' → C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMax4PNP.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01284055% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00818491% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00465564% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 125 ms/min | |
| User CPU time: | 3 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.15 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 580 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 580 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.15 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 35.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 37.34 MB | |
| Working set: | 532 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.18 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,696/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 137 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 149 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 6.38 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 79/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 92 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER count: | 10 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
67.57% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.22% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
5.41% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition |
2.70% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.70% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
2.70% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.70% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.18% of SMax4PNP Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
43.75% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.13% |
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| Lenovo |
18.75% |
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| American Megatrends |
6.25% |
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| Sahara |
3.13% |
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