Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

3, 3, 1540, 20 20.00%
3, 3, 1540, 19 60.00%
3, 3, 1540, 9 20.00%

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kernel32.dll
GetCommandLineW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, LoadLibraryW, FreeLibrary, InitializeCriticalSection, Sleep, CreateThread, CloseHandle, CreateNamedPipeW, ConnectNamedPipe, GetLastError, ReadFile, DisconnectNamedPipe, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId, lstrlenW, CreateMutexW, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, FlushFileBuffers, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, SetStdHandle, SetFilePointer, HeapSize, RtlUnwind, HeapReAlloc, VirtualAlloc, LoadLibraryA, HeapFree, GetVersionExA, HeapAlloc, GetProcessHeap, GetStartupInfoW, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, GetCPInfo, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GetACP, GetOEMCP, GetModuleHandleA, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, ExitProcess, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, MultiByteToWideChar, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineA, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, HeapDestroy, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, LCMapStringA, WideCharToMultiByte, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, GetLocaleInfoA, CreateFileA
shell32.dll
Shell_NotifyIconW
user32.dll
LoadStringW, wsprintfW, PostMessageW, DestroyIcon, DefWindowProcW, PostQuitMessage, EndPaint, BeginPaint, CreateWindowExW, RegisterClassExW, LoadCursorW, LoadIconW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, TranslateAcceleratorW, GetMessageW, LoadAcceleratorsW
wtsapi32.dll
WTSSendMessageW

winmsgballoonclient.exe

RAIDXpert Event Notifier by Promise Technology (Signed)

Remove winmsgballoonclient.exe
Version:   3, 3, 1540, 9
MD5:   0bf432ddb33178cfac15e869e957093b
SHA1:   fbb40cf42a1ec0658ac11e9d3ead3507cca4802b
SHA256:   de6b7a42fd14a6ea33e7975c8e727f456ed944bce73b1578d87ab446c196a8b2

What is winmsgballoonclient.exe?

The AMD RAIDXpert software offers local and remote management and monitoring of all logical drives on the AMD Chipset SATA Controller wherever they exist on the network. The AMD RAIDXpert utility gives you complete control of your RAID arrays within a simple web browser based application. This tool allows you to monitor and manage your RAID arrays in the Microsoft Windows environment or via remote login to your system.

Overview

winmsgballoonclient.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent winmsgballoonserver.exe (RAIDXpert Event Notifier Server by Promise Technology). The file is digitally signed by Promise Technology which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:winmsgballoonclient.exe
Publisher:AMD
Product name:RAIDXpert Event Notifier
Typical file path:C:\windows\syswow64\winmsgballoonclient.exe
Original name:WinMsgBa.exe
File version:3, 3, 1540, 9
Size:141.88 KB (145,288 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Promise Technology
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00000053%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00000053%
0.013761%
Kernel CPU time:31 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:329/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.41 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.16 MB
Private (minimum):4.16 MB
Non-paged memory:1.41 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:59.59 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):62.09 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.16 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.2 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,127/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:0 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:73
600
GUI GDI count:15
103
GUI GDI peak:16
142
GUI USER count:6
49
GUI USER peak:6
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:\\.\pipe\raidxpertpipe1
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:winmsgballoonserver.exe (RAIDXpert Event Notifier Server by Promise Technology)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 60.00%
Windows 8 20.00%
Windows 7 Home Premium 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of RAIDXpert Event Notifier.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 66.67%
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
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