googledrivesync.exe
Google Drive by Google Inc (Signed)
Overview
There are 14 versions of googledrivesync.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.16.6866.4367. googledrivesync.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 18.45 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Google Inc by VeriSign. The programs Google Drive, Google Talk Plugin and Windows Live Mesh ActiveX Control for Remote Connections have been observed as installing specific variations of googledrivesync.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0039% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 27.07 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 31.64 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 204.37 KB per minute for reads and 875.28 KB per minute for writes.
What is googledrivesync.exe?
Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service and is now the home of Google Docs, a suite of productivity applications, that offer collaborative editing on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. For Google Drive to synchronize files on the user's computer in the cloud, the Google Drive client software must be running on the user's computer. The client will communicate with the Google Drive online, and ensure that files are synchronized.
About googledrivesync.exe (from Google Inc)
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 Details
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| File name: | googledrivesync.exe |
| Publisher: | Google |
| Product name: | Google Drive |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\google\drive\googledrivesync.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Google Inc |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, November 13, 2014 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Google Drive.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of googledrivesync.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'GoogleDriveSync' → "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe" /autostart
All file variations of googledrivesync.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.48% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
15.38% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
11.31% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
9.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.33% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
4.98% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.17% |
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| Windows 8 |
2.26% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
2.26% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
1.36% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.36% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.36% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
1.36% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.36% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.36% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.36% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.45% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.45% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.45% |
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| Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
0.45% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 47.47% of Google Drive.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
26.40% |
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| Dell |
21.35% |
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| Toshiba |
17.98% |
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| Acer |
9.55% |
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| Sony |
6.74% |
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| Samsung |
5.06% |
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| ASUS |
4.49% |
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| American Megatrends |
3.37% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.25% |
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| Alienware |
1.69% |
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| MSI |
1.12% |
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