Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

7, 0, 0, 111	50.00%
6, 0, 0, 88	50.00%

Relationships

FirewallGUI.exe

PC Tools Firewall Plus by PC Tools (Signed)

Remove FirewallGUI.exe

Version:	6, 0, 0, 88
MD5:	b4c1c657fcccaf24ebf028ce68e6d086
SHA1:	e07698cc78dd1a5eb5a7dd81afd376f5a0723a99
SHA256:	e15422c6f5f7e3bfb1833b2c7b70efe894bc0d6d9d9b5817a599e3efbab89ec2

Overview

firewallgui.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). This is typically installed with the program PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0 published by PC Tools Software. The file is digitally signed by PC Tools which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	firewallgui.exe
Publisher:	PC Tools
Product name:	PC Tools Firewall Plus
Description:	PC Tools Firewall GUI
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\pc tools firewall plus\firewallgui.exe
File version:	6, 0, 0, 88
Size:	3.02 MB (3,168,216 bytes)
Build date:	1/8/2010 6:00 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	PC Tools
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

PC Tools Firewall Plus

PC Tools Software

8% remove

“PC Tools Firewall Plus is a comprehensive software solution for identifying and eliminating malware, while giving you the possibility of managing network access for open applications. PC Tools Firewall Plus detects when you connect to a local network for the first time and enables users to define rules for each and every local network your PC joins. ”

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'00PCTFW' → "C:\Program Files\PC Tools Firewall Plus\FirewallGUI.exe" -s

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00203735%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00058523%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00145212%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	32,433 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	21.92 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	13.46 MB
Private (minimum):	5.82 MB
Non-paged memory:	21.92 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	133.75 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	137.5 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.94 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	19.25 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	11	12
Handles:	339	600
GUI GDI count:	329	103
GUI GDI peak:	351	142
GUI USER count:	187	49
GUI USER peak:	208	71