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VersionsAdditional versions

1.64.1265.0 20.00%
1.5.2.1169 40.00%
1.4.7.2031 40.00%

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ole32.dll
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sensapi.dll
IsNetworkAlive
shlwapi.dll
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user32.dll
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winmm.dll
waveOutGetDevCapsW, waveInGetDevCapsW, waveInGetNumDevs, waveOutGetNumDevs

Communications_Helper.exe

Logitech by Logitech Inc (Signed)

Remove Communications_Helper.exe
Version:   1.4.7.2031
MD5:   022db38becb5a44da6f7e27923457624
SHA1:   229b45bee8f2751ae999a19662b95156609960d0
SHA256:   7bc02518574129f55f4126f53c6ccaeb45dc2c42e509fe79edf44da9e01ed737

Overview

Communications_Helper.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by Logitech Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:Communications_Helper.exe
Publisher:Logitech Inc.
Product name:Logitech
Description:Communications Manager
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\logishrd\lcommgr\communications_helper.exe
File version:1.4.7.2031
Size:477.52 KB (488,984 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Logitech Inc
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Expiration date:Saturday, October 18, 2008
Digital DNA
Entropy:4.998395
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'LogitechCommunicationsManager' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\LogiShrd\LComMgr\Communications_Helper.exe"

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.04335595%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.02577312%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.01758283%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:344 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
User CPU time:10 ms/min
0 ms/min
Memory
Private memory:3.52 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.25 MB
Private (minimum):1.25 MB
Non-paged memory:3.52 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:51.71 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):77.87 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:932 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.13 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,244/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:1.17 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:161 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:3.22 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:155/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:10
12
Handles:210
600
GUI GDI count:23
103
GUI USER count:25
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\logishrd\lcommgr\communications_helper.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows Vista Home Premium 60.00%
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 20.00%
Windows 7 Enterprise 20.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 66.67% of Logitech.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Sony 66.67%
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
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