Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
FixCleaner.exe
FixCleaner Application by SlimWare Utilities Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 2.0.4556.511 |
| MD5: | 8574877083101b3f5a66816d040f94b7 |
| SHA1: | 7fa7617a96e0851e7506f10dd22bf4d428b364a4 |
What is FixCleaner.exe?
FixCleaner is registry cleaner utility whose purported purpose is to remove redundant items from the Windows registry. FixCleaner automates the process of looking for invalid entries, missing file references or broken links within the registry and resolving or removing them. The necessity and usefulness of registry cleaners is a controversial topic, with experts in disagreement over their benefits.
About FixCleaner.exe (from SlimWare Utilities Inc.)
“FixCleaner is an advanced computer utility designed to boost the performance of home PCs. System performance is determined by a lot of things. That’s why FixCleaner was engineered with multi-function ”
Details
| File name: | fixcleaner.exe |
| Publisher: | Slimware Utilities, Inc. |
| Product name: | FixCleaner Application |
| Description: | FixCleaner |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\fixcleaner\fixcleaner.exe |
| File version: | 2.0.4556.511 |
| Product version: | 2.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 47.58 MB (49,887,104 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | SlimWare Utilities Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“FixCleaner seamlessly integrates the multiple tools you need to make a computer run faster, run more reliably, and eliminate errors. It harnesses the power of over a dozen optimization utilities, all combined into a single, push-button interface. To anyone familiar with a scanner, FixCleaner will look familiar, the same easy-to-use features that let you diagnose and repair system errors. But there is nothing ordinary about the multi-fun...”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'FixCleaner Startup' runs on logon in the path '\FixCleaner Startup'
- The job 'FixCleaner Scan' runs daily in the path '\FixCleaner Scan'
- Entry path '\FixCleaner Startup'
- Entry path '\FixCleaner Scan'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'FixCleaner' → C:\Program Files\FixCleaner\FixCleaner.exe -boot
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\FixCleaner Startup'
Network connections
[TCP] ec2-107-21-109-222.compute-1.amazonaws.com (107.21.109.222:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 1.52184095% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.73008579% | |
| User CPU: | 0.79175516% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,734 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 58/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 18.55 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 23.57 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 15.89 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 18.55 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 179.5 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 182.39 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.78 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 40.63 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 394 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 581 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 626 | |
| GUI USER count: | 308 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 328 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\fixcleaner\fixcleaner.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| FixCleaner.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.89394858% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.69228982% | |
| User CPU: | 0.20165876% | |
| CPU cycles: | 17,731,767/sec | |
| Context switches: | 18/sec | |
| Memory: | 47.61 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02730193% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02730193% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 279,816/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01987965% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00683481% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01304484% | |
| CPU cycles: | 283,442/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
18.75% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.75% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
18.75% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.25% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.25% |
|
Distribution by country
United Kingdom installs about 43.75% of FixCleaner Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
53.85% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
46.15% |
|
