ekrn.exe
ESET Smart Security by ESET (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.645 |
| MD5: | 219d9fa882eaba00eaa5dfc9492bc92d |
| SHA1: | 0afdadf76a4be201ccba4197be84fd3e384e5b6f |
| SHA256: | a2e0cafbc39e926e51d2eb678ca3a60abd29a88dde1c5427f9b1a978feab78ea |
What is ekrn.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 ekrn.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 ”
Details
| File name: | ekrn.exe |
| Publisher: | ESET |
| Product name: | ESET Smart Security |
| Description: | ESET Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\eset\eset nod32 antivirus\ekrn.exe |
| File version: | 3.0.645 |
| Size: | 457.25 KB (468,224 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
Programs
The following program will install this file
“ESET Smart Security 6 is an all-in-one Internet Security solution with new Anti-theft feature that locates your missing laptop and gives you tools to help recover it. Personal Firewall and Anti-Phishing keep your data safe from identity theft and other scams. How many personal photos, tax returns and private emails are stored on your computer? Our comprehensive Anti-theft features, accessed via the web, help you locate your misplaced la...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'ekrn' (ESET Service)
- ekrn
Network connections
[TCP] ni-in-f95.1e100.net (74.125.135.95:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00129480% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00028638% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00100842% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 107,344 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 91/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 76.36 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 95.16 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 15.4 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 76.36 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 155.45 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 249.26 MB | |
| Working set: | 57.54 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 116.11 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 20 | |
| Handles: | 331 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\eset\eset smart security\ekrn.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ekrn |
| Display name: | ESET Service |
| Description: | “ESET Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ekrnamon.dll (ESET Smart Security by ESET) |
| Total CPU: | 0.06974455% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01470876% | |
| User CPU: | 0.05503579% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,444,925/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 244 KB | |
| ekrnepfw.dll (ESET Smart Security by ESET) |
| Total CPU: | 0.03752487% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03115990% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00636496% | |
| CPU cycles: | 769,623/sec | |
| Context switches: | 21/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00892780% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00204200% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00688580% | |
| CPU cycles: | 277,681/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| ekrnsmon.dll (ESET Smart Security by ESET) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00033262% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00023758% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009503% | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,278/sec | |
| Memory: | 180 KB | |
| ekrn.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00021374% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00018999% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002375% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,200/sec | |
| Memory: | 452 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
40.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
23.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 N |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
Ireland installs about 14.50% of ESET Smart Security.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
18.54% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
13.17% |
|
| Dell |
12.68% |
|
| Intel |
11.71% |
|
| Acer |
9.27% |
|
| Lenovo |
8.78% |
|
| Sony |
8.78% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
7.32% |
|
| Toshiba |
6.83% |
|
| Sahara |
0.98% |
|
| Samsung |
0.98% |
|
| American Megatrends |
0.98% |
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