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TWCScreensaverUpdater.exe
By The Weather Channel
| Version: | 1.0.0.1 |
| MD5: | 8487428e1713062c2a1acd9d510b9fee |
| SHA1: | 68f59a698341be65e75e75487fd87e7051a7118b |
| SHA256: | 09c4582757871cc0ec212a78d900df24147f1a90b2676fd6d9b39932d26a4321 |
What is TWCScreensaverUpdater.exe?
The Weather Channel Updater 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
twcscreensaverupdater.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection).
Details
| File name: | twcscreensaverupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | The Weather Channel |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\the weather channel fw\screensaver\twcscreensaverupdater.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.1 |
| Size: | 216 KB (221,184 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'twc_screensaver_updater' runs on logon in the path '\twc_screensaver_updater'
- Entry path '\twc_screensaver_updater'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\twc_screensaver_updater'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000503% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000104% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000398% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 62,998/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.12 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.52 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 768 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.12 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 79.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 82.24 MB | |
| Working set: | 990 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.01 MB | |
| Page faults: | 15,670/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.61 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 4/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 10/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 81 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 2 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
75.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of twcscreensaverupdater.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| GIGABYTE |
100.00% |
|
