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TWCApp.exe
The Weather Channel App by The Weather Channel Interactive (Signed)
| Version: | 7.5.3.0 |
| MD5: | 8e361fc37d2e432b76dc25b8a439f6b6 |
| SHA1: | 78a2ba960201eafa2dda3e797da6d8014caf06d2 |
| SHA256: | 3ea3d6fbd2418f3cc4c4f307a5162910321f6b8a23d3947144989177cb3d473e |
What is TWCApp.exe?
The Weather Channel App for Windows is a desktop app that runs in the background as well as the foreground when called upon (sits in the task bar) and provides weather reports. The app also adds an icon in the notification area to display local temperature in your system tray.
About TWCApp.exe (from The Weather Channel Interactive)
“The Weather Channel App for Windows provides instant severe weather alerts, extended forecasts, interactive maps, radar and much more.”
Overview
twcapp.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including The Weather Channel App published by The Weather Channel and The Weather Channel Desktop 6 published by The Weather Channel. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by The Weather Channel Interactive which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | twcapp.exe |
| Publisher: | The Weather Channel |
| Product name: | The Weather Channel App |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\the weather channel\the weather channel app\twcapp.exe |
| File version: | 7.5.3.0 |
| Size: | 12.5 MB (13,103,104 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/24/2013 8:47 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | The Weather Channel Interactive |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, August 17, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, August 24, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“The Weather Channel App for Windows offers an innovative, simplified interface to tell the weather story and its impact on your daily life. The completely new look offers enhanced features while still delivering the most reliable, timely weather forecasts and information. The Weather Channel App for Windows puts you just one click away from customized, timely weather information and critical severe weather alerts. Features include: Beau...”
“The Weather Channel App for Windows provides instant severe weather alerts, extended forecasts, interactive maps, radar and much more. The Weather Channel Desktop 6 includes one-click access in your system tray to detailed local weather conditions and information on locations worldwide, including maps, current conditions, forecasts, and even live local traffic reports. Version 6 features a total visual make-over and new interactive maps...”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'DW7' → "C:\Program Files\The Weather Channel\The Weather Channel App\TWCApp.exe"
Network connections
[TCP] a23-63-227-155.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.63.227.155:80)
[TCP] a96-17-203-72.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (96.17.203.72:80)
[TCP] a184-25-109-105.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (184.25.109.105:80)
[UDP] listens on port 49500
[UDP] listens on port 64250
[UDP] listens on port 1280
[UDP] listens on port 54458
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00041435% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00018150% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023285% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 127,313 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,983,857/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1,023/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 174.95 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 172.98 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 86.75 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 174.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 586.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 614.09 MB | |
| Working set: | 133.66 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 177.89 MB | |
| Page faults: | 929,495/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 51.36 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 67/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 9.03 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 3/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 45.77 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 108/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 39 | |
| Handles: | 1853 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 76 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 84 | |
| GUI USER count: | 75 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 99 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| mscoree.dll (Microsoft .NET Framework by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.54593250% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.12941956% | |
| User CPU: | 0.41651293% | |
| Context switches: | 703/sec | |
| Memory: | 296 KB | |
| TWCApp.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.06581803% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01189838% | |
| User CPU: | 0.05391965% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,127,490/sec | |
| Context switches: | 30/sec | |
| Memory: | 12.52 MB | |
| wpfgfx_v0400.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.05193251% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03051753% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02141497% | |
| Context switches: | 162/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.6 MB | |
| clr.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02245929% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00958726% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01287204% | |
| CPU cycles: | 229,041/sec | |
| Context switches: | 13/sec | |
| Memory: | 6.57 MB | |
| mshtml.dll (Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00559606% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00447780% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00111825% | |
| Context switches: | 72/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.95 MB | |
| flash32_11_8_800_94.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00397858% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00264226% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00133632% | |
| CPU cycles: | 724,520/sec | |
| Memory: | 16.46 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00059664% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00057301% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002364% | |
| CPU cycles: | 140,897/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| flash32_11_9_900_117.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00056860% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00043017% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00013843% | |
| CPU cycles: | 472,531/sec | |
| Context switches: | 5/sec | |
| Memory: | 16.52 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00049018% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003064% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00045955% | |
| CPU cycles: | 16,988/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00037161% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005309% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00031853% | |
| CPU cycles: | 26,832/sec | |
| Memory: | 680 KB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00025874% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00011500% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014375% | |
| Memory: | 924 KB | |
| mswsock.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00010582% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010582% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 558/sec | |
| Memory: | 236 KB | |
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 |
55.81% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.28% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.30% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
4.65% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.65% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
2.33% |
|
| Windows 8 |
2.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
2.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 95.35% of The Weather Channel App.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
33.33% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.56% |
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| Intel |
16.67% |
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| Acer |
11.11% |
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| Lenovo |
5.56% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.78% |
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