Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
| 4, 3, 0, 0 |
42.37% |
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| 4, 3, 0, 0 |
8.47% |
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| 4, 1, 0, 0 |
33.90% |
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| 4, 1, 0, 0 |
1.69% |
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| 4, 1, 0, 0 |
11.86% |
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| 4, 0, 0, 1 |
1.69% |
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Relationships
Parent process
Related files
update_checker.exe
FilesFrog.com Update Checker by Somoto Ltd. (Signed)
| Version: | 4, 3, 0, 0 |
| MD5: | ff786a74f62361a71aecdb8f8ac95d6f |
| SHA1: | 76039d5a64ef897b1aa388eed70452774019db59 |
| SHA256: | 767d9286709feba392fe2a6ed3b2b991d314b627f4dd4fede59cfac1a3ca2e58 |
What is update_checker.exe?
Somoto FilesFrog.com Update Checker (update_checker.exe) 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.
About update_checker.exe (from Somoto Ltd.)
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Details
| File name: | update_checker.exe |
| Publisher: | Somoto |
| Product name: | FilesFrog.com Update Checker |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\filesfrog update checker\update_checker.exe |
| File version: | 4, 3, 0, 0 |
| Product version: | 4.3.0 |
| Size: | 197.08 KB (201,808 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Somoto Ltd. |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 19, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
FilesFrog Update Checker a software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software updates for any software downloaded through the FilesFrog web site and alerts the user or automatically downloads and installs them if found, depending on the selected settings.
This program is powered by Somoto, a sofrware download monitization platform which bundles vario...
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SDP' → C:\Program Files\FilesFrog Update Checker\update_checker.exe /auto
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'SomotoUpdateCheckerAutoStart' runs on logon in the path '\SomotoUpdateCheckerAutoStart'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SomotoUpdateCheckerAutoStart'
Network connections
[TCP] 78.138.127.83:80
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00112434% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00062702% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00049732% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 430,052 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 103,713/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.7 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.73 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.88 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 67.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 88.3 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.61 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.87 MB | |
| Page faults: | 8,880/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 95 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 6/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 196 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 30 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 29 | |
| GUI USER count: | 61 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 60 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\filesfrog update checker\update_checker.exe" /auto
- "C:\users\user\appdata\local\filesfrog update checker\update_checker.exe" /auto
- "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\filesfrog update checker\update_checker.exe" /auto
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation) |
Threads
Averages
| update_checker.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00125510% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00055136% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00070374% | |
| CPU cycles: | 76,000/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 224 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00010750% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008463% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002287% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,624/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002747% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002747% | |
| CPU cycles: | 133/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.56 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
32.20% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.95% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.78% |
|
| Windows 8 |
5.08% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.39% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.39% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
3.39% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.39% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
3.39% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Release Preview |
1.69% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.69% |
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Distribution by country
Egypt installs about 13.79% of FilesFrog.com Update Checker.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
19.23% |
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| Dell |
19.23% |
|
| Lenovo |
15.38% |
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| Toshiba |
11.54% |
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| Compaq |
7.69% |
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| ASUS |
7.69% |
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| Sony |
7.69% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.85% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.85% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
1.92% |
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| Samsung |
1.92% |
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