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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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egui.exe

ESET Smart Security by ESET (Signed)

Remove egui.exe
Version:   5.2.7.0
MD5:   8f27080c762e074b8f39a904fd630b7d
SHA1:   3d493f07fa6638c029f3ba15ee71aab00bbb1efd
SHA256:   a23209280284d5bd9fdd758282614c3ba1020a046541f8f89e44a2a2b60d3baf

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:5.2.7.0
Size:2.97 MB (3,117,344 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
More details

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:0.23824806%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.16203948%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.07620858%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:536,179 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:120,520/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:50/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.16 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.74 MB
Private (minimum):10.92 MB
Non-paged memory:4.16 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:88.04 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):96 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:10.38 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):16.72 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:9,874/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:2.55 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:40 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:4/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:8
12
Handles:168
600
GUI GDI count:196
103
GUI GDI peak:226
142
GUI USER count:70
49
GUI USER peak:96
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\eset\eset nod32 antivirus\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
  • "C:\Program Files\eset\eset nod32 antivirus\egui.exe" /hide
  • "C:\Program Files\eset\eset smart security\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
Owner:User
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:0.21566914%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.13158736%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.08408178%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:8,048,093/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:32/sec
79/sec
Memory:620 KB
1.16 MB
egui.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.18809363%
Kernel CPU:0.13127774%
User CPU:0.05681588%
CPU cycles:7,044,454/sec
Context switches:15/sec
Memory:2.98 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.01703090%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.01703090%
CPU cycles:48,339/sec
Memory:1.23 MB
eguiscan.dll (ESET Smart Security by ESET)
Total CPU:0.00061129%
Kernel CPU:0.00061129%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:21,361/sec
Context switches:1/sec
Memory:380 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

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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