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TaskTray.exe
Hardware Helper Task Scheduler by Driver Information Technology Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.00.0712 |
| MD5: | c2ae935222d7880a7743b5523bbd6712 |
| SHA1: | e7840761169e9b6dcc1ec8a63c52a9958f94ae72 |
| SHA256: | d24f1939261bc46b3ba72ffe63bcc2181c9bb54ca70087a16ee0dbc6dda220d4 |
Overview
tasktray.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 Hardware Helper published by Driver-Soft Inc., Hardware Helper from Driver-Soft Inc. and Hardware Helper by Driver-Soft Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Driver Information Technology Co. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | tasktray.exe |
| Publisher: | Driver-Soft Inc. |
| Product name: | Hardware Helper Task Scheduler |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\driver-soft\hardwarehelper\tasktray.exe |
| File version: | 1.00.0712 |
| Size: | 285.36 KB (292,208 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Driver Information Technology Co. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, July 9, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Hardware Helper is a software application designed to check the PC's currently installed drivers against a database of available drivers for a number of software and device hardware applications. If driver updates are available the software will automatically download them from the manufacturers web site and install them.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'TaskTray' → C:\Program Files\Driver-Soft\HardwareHelper\TaskTray.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006537% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003269% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003269% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 125 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 33,435/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.28 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.01 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.91 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.28 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 104.86 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 115.25 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.99 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.01 MB | |
| Page faults: | 10,410/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 31.94 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 13 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 8/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 126 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 53 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 60 | |
| GUI USER count: | 32 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 33 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\driver-soft\hardwarehelper\tasktray.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Professional |
100.00% |
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