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VersionsAdditional versions

7.0.302.0 9.09%
7.0.302.0 1.70%
6.0.316.0 5.68%
6.0.316.0 7.39%
6.0.314.0 0.57%
6.0.308.0 5.11%
6.0.308.0 6.82%
6.0.306.0 5.11%
6.0.306.0 1.70%
6.0.115.0 RC 0.57%
6.0.115.0 RC 1.70%
5.2.7.0 11.93%
5.2.7.0 3.98%
5.2.7.0 0.57%
5.2.15.0 2.84%
5.2.15.0 1.70%
5.0.94.0 2.84%
5.0.94.0 0.57%
5.0.94.0 0.57%
5.0.93.7 1.70%
5.0.93.0 0.57%
5.0.93.0 1.70%
4.2.71.2 0.57%
4.2.71.2 1.70%
4.2.71.2 1.70%
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Relationships

Parent process
Related files

egui.exe

ESET Smart Security by ESET (Signed)

Remove egui.exe
Version:   5.0.93.0
MD5:   38fd99f2311c2e225e0fbcc6950650e8
SHA1:   9a21cda30fd86ae782ac4798320c63ea578741f6
SHA256:   d9a8961a48fb30b6bc44fc51d4fb35633389aca90fdbd205674604edaa1ab29b

What is egui.exe?

ESET NOD32 Antivirus, commonly known as NOD32, is an antivirus software package from ESET. ESET's use of assembly language in its products contributes to their low system requirements and disk space utilization. ESET calls its scanning engine ThreatSense, and makes extensive use of generic signatures and heuristics.

About egui.exe (from ESET)

Protect your family with ESET’s complete Internet security suite, built on the award-winning ThreatSense antivirus and antispyware engine. Our proactive heuristic technology intercepts and eliminates

DetailsDetails

File name:egui.exe
Publisher:ESET
Product name:ESET Smart Security
Description:ESET GUI
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\eset\eset nod32 antivirus\egui.exe
File version:5.0.93.0
Size:3.84 MB (4,030,008 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:ESET
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
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BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'egui' → "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
Scheduled tasks
  • Entry path '\{AD794476-80F7-4EF2-AB8A-392BF5AC85C1}'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00289072%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00098337%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00190736%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:265 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:183,017/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:25/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:8.02 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):18.18 MB
Private (minimum):18.09 MB
Non-paged memory:8.02 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:108.3 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):111.8 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:18.14 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):18.84 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:9,605/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:9.65 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:59 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:5/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:8
12
Handles:171
600
GUI GDI count:154
103
GUI GDI peak:155
142
GUI USER count:63
49
GUI USER peak:65
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\eset\eset smart security\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 43.18%
Microsoft Windows XP 22.16%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.36%
Windows 8 Pro 7.39%
Windows 7 Professional 4.55%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 2.84%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.70%
Windows 8.1 N 1.14%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.14%
Windows 8.1 1.14%
Windows Vista Home Premium 1.14%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.57%
Windows 8 0.57%
Windows 8 Consumer Preview 0.57%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 0.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Ireland installs about 14.20% of ESET Smart Security.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 17.30%
Hewlett-Packard 15.14%
Dell 15.14%
Intel 11.89%
Lenovo 9.73%
Sony 8.65%
Acer 7.03%
Toshiba 6.49%
GIGABYTE 5.95%
Samsung 1.08%
American Megatrends 1.08%
Sahara 0.54%
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