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60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
ALOTWidgets.exe
ALOT Widget Container by Alot.com (Signed)
| Version: | 1.3.0.0 |
| MD5: | fd06b8ccba6d6d649e26f6a532adc6ec |
| SHA1: | 598f8b0971e9a596da088b0aff1e6d769fc1e5b4 |
| SHA256: | 4b8be63d56a3a4e22e8195c4d24c7c20a6985333de0475b73b9f0128687bfaa0 |
What is ALOTWidgets.exe?
ALOT Appbar is a toolbar/add-in for Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox that allows you to install various 'widget' sub apps into. ALOT Appbar is developed by Inuvo, an Internet marketing and technology company specialized in marketing browser-based consumer applications.
About ALOTWidgets.exe (from Alot.com)
“ALOT is a place where you can discover and download apps for your PC. All of our apps are free to download and use, so why not join in the fun today? ALOT apps are displayed in our free ALOT Appbar, a”
Details
| File name: | alotwidgets.exe |
| Publisher: | Inuvo Inc. |
| Product name: | ALOT Widget Container |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\alotappbar\bin\alotwidgets.exe |
| File version: | 1.3.0.0 |
| Size: | 652.38 KB (668,040 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Alot.com |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, June 13, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
ALOT Toolbar is an alias for ALOT Appbar. ALOT Appbar is a web browser plugin in the form of a toolbar. ALOT Appbar allows customized 'apps' to be added to the toolbar including social media apps. Appbar Web Search Users who opt-in to the Discover program help ALOT identify the best sites on the web and improve ALOT Apps.
ALOT Appbar is a web browser plugin in the form of a toolbar. ALOT Appbar allows customized 'apps' to be added to the toolbar including social media apps. Appbar Web Search Users who opt-in to the Discover program help ALOT identify the best sites on the web and improve ALOT Apps.
ALOT Appbar is a web browser plugin in the form of a toolbar. ALOT Appbar allows customized 'apps' to be added to the toolbar including social media apps. Appbar Web Search Users who opt-in to the Discover program help ALOT identify the best sites on the web and improve ALOT Apps.
ALOT Appbar is a web browser plugin in the form of a toolbar. ALOT Appbar allows customized 'apps' to be added to the toolbar including social media apps. Appbar Web Search Users who opt-in to the Discover program help ALOT identify the best sites on the web and improve ALOT Apps.
Appbar alOt is a potentially unwanted application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to...
Network connections
[TCP] www-slb-ecmp-01-ash5.facebook.com (173.252.101.16:80)
[UDP] listens on port 60767
[UDP] listens on port 57900
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.21182122% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.08479681% | |
| User CPU: | 0.12702440% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 566 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 12/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 30.06 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 30.22 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 27.15 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 30.06 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 170.93 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 176.86 MB | |
| Working set: | 24.1 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 39.89 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 18 | |
| Handles: | 438 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 106 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 114 | |
| GUI USER count: | 90 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 110 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\alotappbar\bin\alotwidgets.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | iexplore.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ALOTWidgets.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.08449268% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02057376% | |
| User CPU: | 0.06391892% | |
| CPU cycles: | 7,461,120/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 688 KB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01627981% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01627981% | |
| CPU cycles: | 242,939/sec | |
| Memory: | 980 KB | |
| mshtml.dll (Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00814786% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00814786% | |
| CPU cycles: | 126,571/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.71 MB | |
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 Ultimate N |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of ALOT Widget Container.
