BPowMon.exe
Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service by Broadcom Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 4, 0 | 
| MD5: | b38aa3347dfc77c2e6d32fd92a528567 | 
| SHA1: | 7916d3ead7e5681a2b1a0822f1fc8ed51fe39f79 | 
| SHA256: | 6e7895079a77de4011fd3822311756effb504b263001f5db5e24d441692b4c8e | 
Overview
bpowmon.exe runs as a service under the name Broadcom Power monitoring service (BPowMon) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Broadcom Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | bpowmon.exe | 
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corp. | 
| Product name: | Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\broadcom\bpowmon\bpowmon.exe | 
| File version: | 1, 0, 4, 0 | 
| Size: | 69.31 KB (70,976 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Broadcom Corporation | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET | 
| .NET CLR: | Yes | 
| .NET NGENed: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'BPowMon'  (Broadcom Power monitoring service)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00019697% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015860% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00003837% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.3 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.05 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 4.04 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.3 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 36.72 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 38.72 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 4.05 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 4.05 MB |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 10 |  | 
| Handles: | 98 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 32-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\broadcom\bacs\bpowmon.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | BPowMon | 
| Display name: | Broadcom Power monitoring service | 
| Description: | “Power monitoring service for Broadcom applications.” | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 50.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 50.00% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
SY installs about 50.00% of Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Lenovo | 100.00% |  |