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Defrag.exe
Windows Disk Defragmenter by Microsoft and Executive Software International
| Version: | 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111) |
| MD5: | b56bb7c3a936af51dba14368773b485f |
| SHA1: | 056e219174594d14b4ae5280eeb9daaf6a73d8a6 |
| SHA256: | 42e566f3683dcef87475176aa9f313f46f4215c39db895c6999030c9d2e937f1 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
defrag.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges). This version is installed on Windows XP and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
Details
| File name: | defrag.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc. |
| Product name: | Windows Disk Defragmenter |
| Description: | Disk Defragmenter Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\defrag.exe |
| File version: | 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111) |
| Product version: | 5.1.2600.5512 |
| Size: | 24.5 KB (25,088 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'defrag' runs daily in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\defrag.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\defrag.job'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003225% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002843% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000381% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 34,375 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.09 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 208 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 192 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 32.51 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 34.84 MB | |
| Working set: | 192 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.4 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 104 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Windows Disk Defragmenter.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
|
