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40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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SMessaging.exe
Stronghold Online Backup by Managed Offsite Backup (Signed)
| Version: | 5.0.2.34 |
| MD5: | a2f2cb2b9ef133b3d24bce7180b3596e |
| SHA1: | d157d869f33cb619de5df42c6ca35fedd7af2af2 |
| SHA256: | bea34ff48f5e41d63c2123904006d2fe40d95ec02537a31fd8151401a18b89c7 |
What is SMessaging.exe?
Strongvault is an ad-supported online backup program that is typically bundled though various third party software installations. StrongVault by StrongHold which markets the exact same software under a different name called StrongHold.
About SMessaging.exe (from Managed Offsite Backup)
“Strongvault's (StrongHold) three-tiered security system provides complete data security and privacy protection. The level of encryption used by Strongvault is frequently used by the US military. Stron”
Overview
smessaging.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Managed Offsite Backup which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | smessaging.exe |
| Publisher: | Stronghold Online Backup |
| Product name: | Stronghold Online Backup |
| Description: | SOS.Messaging |
| Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\strongvault online backup\smessaging.exe |
| File version: | 5.0.2.34 |
| Size: | 30.92 KB (31,664 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Managed Offsite Backup |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, January 8, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SMessaging' → C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Strongvault Online Backup\SMessaging.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00141051% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00082053% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00058998% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 809 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 81,870/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 30.94 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 44.35 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.87 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 30.94 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 214.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 226.83 MB | |
| Working set: | 10.39 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 46.55 MB | |
| Page faults: | 22,418/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 933 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 61 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 395 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 30 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 33 | |
| GUI USER count: | 24 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 27 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\users\user\appdata\local\strongvault online backup\smessaging.exe"
- "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\strongvault online backup\smessaging.exe"
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| mscoree.dll (Microsoft .NET Framework by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00630827% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00387696% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00243131% | |
| Memory: | 296 KB | |
| SMessaging.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00183835% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00052127% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00131708% | |
| CPU cycles: | 45,346/sec | |
| Memory: | 48 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009286% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007429% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001857% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,308/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000926% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000926% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 40/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.56 MB | |
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000926% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000926% | |
| CPU cycles: | 121/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.67 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 |
55.56% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
14.81% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.11% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.41% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 96.30% of Stronghold Online Backup.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
66.67% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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