NBKEYSCAN.exe

Nero BackItUp by Nero AG (Signed)

Remove NBKEYSCAN.exe

Overview

There are 6 versions of nbkeyscan.exe in the wild, the latest version being 4.0.1.102. nbkeyscan.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 2 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Nero AG by VeriSign. The programs Nero 8, Nero 8 Essentials and Nero 10 PiP EffectPack 1 have been observed as installing specific variations of nbkeyscan.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0010% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 4.8 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.38 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 0 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.

What is nbkeyscan.exe?

Nero BackItUp is a Windows backup software application that provides both local and network based file backups. With Nero BackItUp & Burn you can create backup copies on demand by manually selecting the files and folders you want to include in them or set the program to do it automatically without user intervention.

DetailsDetails

File name:nbkeyscan.exe
Publisher:Nero AG
Product name:Nero BackItUp
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\nero\nero8\nero backitup\nbkeyscan.exe
Certificate
Issued to:Nero AG
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, April 20, 2006
Expiration date:Tuesday, June 23, 2009

ResourcesPrograms installed in

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BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of nbkeyscan.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'NBKeyScan' → "C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero8\Nero BackItUp\NBKeyScan.exe"

VersionsAll file variations of nbkeyscan.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
78f8cb5c3c0113ce8d55dc53d14666db c241942b902e40dffad6194ec9c001cb9d88764b 2.15 MB
de9bd75fadb913f4e418cfba381d7198 c42c848d014fc092829a42732f49f2ac837d4220 2.12 MB
c7420e7b290e371967f59026e6b014ce 93a52e4a37a2a2ea2183bcee64b727935934310a 2.12 MB
d18bd766746b7be0abefa20dc36fd1c8 84a1e94a947c87017d856a7f6ad44387be2a4138 2.11 MB
60e91d2bcc467842b478e8f3a5bf7c16 8b940c332c665a3dfcba3bff4be045e957cfd4c8 1.75 MB
adce2803dd48cb34e9ee599e6bd659ca da56906b2156d26c1062430939e142124be56217 1.74 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 29.41%
Microsoft Windows XP 17.65%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.76%
Windows Vista Home Premium 11.76%
Windows 8 Single Language 5.88%
Windows 8 Pro 5.88%
Windows 8 Release Preview 5.88%
Windows Vista Ultimate 5.88%
Windows 7 Professional 5.88%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 23.53% of Nero BackItUp.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 37.50%
ASUS 25.00%
GIGABYTE 12.50%
Toshiba 12.50%
Hewlett-Packard 12.50%
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