fbw.exe
By AnchorFree Inc (Signed)
| Version:    | 2, 76, 0, 0 | 
| MD5:    | 509aaa7426a3f5733bdc5745257225ad | 
| SHA1:    | dd372a447b48004986eed18ab14c88ee70c815a0 | 
| SHA256:    | fdff3eded6eea7643c7fb098a4f729f72db73f4286ed858397060155399e6928 | 
What is fbw.exe?
Hotspot Shield allows you to create a VPN, or virtual private network, so you can transfer your data securely. When you access the Internet through such connections, you risk having your computer or mobile infected by a virus or even an intruder to enter your system. Moreover, the dangers exist that a malicious person can intercept your information and use it for unfriendly reasons. 
About fbw.exe (from AnchorFree Inc)
“Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and our Internet gateway. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers, hackers, ISP‘s, from viewing your web browsin”
Details
| File name: | fbw.exe | 
| Publisher: | AnchorFree Inc. | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hotspot shield\bin\fbw.exe | 
| File version: | 2, 76, 0, 0 | 
| Size: | 520.86 KB (533,360 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | AnchorFree Inc | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Monday, March 28, 2011 | 
| Expiration date: | Monday, April 14, 2014 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.02214656% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02099511% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00115145% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,522 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 2,916,409/sec |  | 
| Context switches: | 146/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 6.21 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 7.26 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 3.58 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 6.21 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 83.19 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 86.19 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 3.73 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 7.35 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 2,462/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 4 |  | 
| Handles: | 168 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 12 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 14 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 15 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 15 |  | 
 
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium | 
| Platform: | 32-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
- -sp 52743 -wt wt1
 
- -sp 52743 -wt wt0
 
- -sp 63483 -wt wt1
 
- -sp 63483 -wt wt0
 
 
 | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Parent process: | fbwmgr.exe (by AnchorFree Inc) | 
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 
60.00% | 
 | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate N | 
30.00% | 
 | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 
10.00% | 
 | 
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of fbw.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Acer | 
100.00% | 
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