mngr.exe
Application Manager by Bit89 Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 2,5,976,107 |
| MD5: | ebba16a88f517bfb1b7681abf006c8b0 |
| SHA1: | 7463ca9923b0e002ae5235c4f3d59ff9f4747715 |
| SHA256: | 20bb9b43f15ea6bbf38e5b37039e82c458e7816da41a5ed3dd4f7f2fb479b506 |
Warning 15 antivirus scanners has detected malware.
What is mngr.exe?
The PerformerSoft Browser Manager (Application Manager) program classified mostly as exhibiting adware like actions, is bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. Browser Manager is designed to protect its bundled programs and make sure they remain installed or unchanged by other thrid party programs. The Browser Manager program was developed by Bit89 (Bit89.com) a know adware maker.
About mngr.exe (from Bit89 Inc.)
“Automatically optimize your registry settings to prevent crashes and help speed up your computer. Manage start up – goes to the Start Up Manager and shows the programs that are loaded when Windows s”
Details
| File name: | mngr.exe |
| Publisher: | PerformerSoft LLC |
| Product name: | Application Manager |
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\browser manager\2.5.911.18\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\mngr.exe |
| File version: | 2,5,976,107 |
| Size: | 2.29 MB (2,403,352 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Bit89 Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | GoDaddy.com |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, September 4, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, September 4, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Browser Manager (also known as Application Manager) is a third party web browser add-in classified mostly as a potentially unwanted program that used to be bundled with PerformerSoft products including PC Performer. At one point PerformerSoft was attempting to monetize their products with the Bit89 line of browser adware products (but this might not be the case any longer.) Bit89.com, the maker of this program is a known adware/malware ...
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' as a shared service by the Service Host (svchost.exe)
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 15 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection |
| AhnLab V3 Internet Security |
2013.03.29 |
Adware/Win32.Bromngr |
| AVG |
2014.0.3629 |
Generic5.RQU |
| Comodo Internet Security |
15742 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| Dr.Web |
8.13.4.17 |
Adware.BGuard.7 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8174 |
a variant of Win32/bProtector.A |
| Fortinet |
5.0.43.0 |
Adware/Bromngr |
| K7 AntiVirus |
9.164.8447 |
Adware |
| Panda Antivirus |
10.0.3.5 |
Trj/OCJ.C |
| PC Tools |
9.0.0.2 |
Adware.GoonSquad!rem |
| SUPERAntiSpyware |
5.6.0.1008 |
Adware.BProtector |
| Symantec |
20121.3.0.76 |
Adware.GoonSquad |
| Trend Micro |
9.740.0.1012 |
ADW_PROT |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.RCBH1LH |
| Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.20.2 |
AdWare.Bromngr.b |
| VIPRE Antivirus |
16378 |
Bprotector (fs) |
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00157422% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00086411% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00071011% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,661,149,215 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,346,105/sec | |
| Context switches: | 12/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.72 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.48 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 156.65 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 181.7 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.96 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.78 MB | |
| Page faults: | 45,814,849/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.01 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 27/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 110 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 27/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 266 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 262/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 241 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 6 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 10 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 10 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\browser manager\2.5.976.107\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\mngr.exe" /protect
- "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\browser manager\2.5.976.107\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\mngr.exe"
- "C:\ProgramData\browser manager\2.5.976.107\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\mngr.exe" /protect
- "C:\ProgramData\browser manager\2.5.976.107\{c16c1ccb-7046-4e5c-a2f3-533ad2fec8e8}\mngr.exe"
|
| Owner: | User |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Browser Manager |
| Description: | “Your browser protector service” |
| Type: | Win32ShareProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| mngr.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00599969% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00488287% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00111682% | |
| Context switches: | 5/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.36 MB | |
| mngr.dll (Application Manager by PerformerSoft LLC) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00020778% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010389% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010389% | |
| Memory: | 2.14 MB | |
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 |
48.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
16.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
12.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 24.00% of Application Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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