netsession_win.exe
Akamai NetSession Client by Akamai Technologies (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of netsession_win.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.9.1.1. netsession_win.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 4.3 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Akamai Technologies by GlobalSign nv-sa. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Akamai NetSession Interface from Akamai Technologies, Inc. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0035% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 6.91 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 12.49 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 264.43 KB per minute for reads and 53.5 KB per minute for writes.
What is netsession_win.exe?
Akamai NetSession Client is part of the Akamai Download Manager, a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage. Download Manager ActiveX Control runs in the context of Internet Explorer as a browser extension.
About netsession_win.exe (from Akamai Technologies)
“Akamai Download Manager is an intelligent, resilient platform for delivering software and media downloads over the global Akamai platform. As part of an overall Akamai solution, Download Manager can a”
 Details
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| File name: | netsession_win.exe |
| Publisher: | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | Akamai NetSession Client |
| Typical file path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\akamai\netsession_win.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Akamai Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | GlobalSign nv-sa |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Akamai NetSession Client.)
Akamai NetSession Interface downloads or streams content to you only after you have requested it from your software or media publishers. Some content providers may provide you the ability to sign-up f...
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of netsession_win.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Akamai NetSession Interface' → "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Akamai\netsession_win.exe"
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Akamai\netsession_win.exe'
All file variations of netsession_win.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.05% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.55% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.49% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.36% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.65% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
4.95% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
2.47% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
1.41% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.41% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
1.06% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.06% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
1.06% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.06% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.71% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.35% |
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| Windows 8 Release Preview |
0.35% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.50% of Akamai NetSession Client.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
37.13% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.72% |
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| ASUS |
15.19% |
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| Acer |
8.02% |
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| Toshiba |
7.59% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.95% |
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| Sony |
2.53% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.53% |
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| Compaq |
2.53% |
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| Sahara |
1.27% |
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| Samsung |
1.27% |
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| Lenovo |
0.84% |
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| Alienware |
0.42% |
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