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45% of PCs block this file from running.
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PmmUpdate.exe
EgisTec In-Product Service by EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.1.41.0 |
| MD5: | 7540a112b052ac8db4bc02f1039b235b |
| SHA1: | 75e113045636e550d6b46e44b66d7a8873551b05 |
| SHA256: | bd32ca1fb07ab0544a41921702b55d41f3302837449916908f1011c5a66faacb |
What is PmmUpdate.exe?
EgisTec In-Product Service is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
pmmupdate.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The file is digitally signed by EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | pmmupdate.exe |
| Publisher: | Egis Technology Inc. |
| Product name: | EgisTec In-Product Service |
| Description: | PMM Update Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\egistec ips\pmmupdate.exe |
| File version: | 1.1.41.0 |
| Size: | 398.86 KB (408,432 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, December 31, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 2, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'EgisTecPMMUpdate' → "C:\Program Files\EgisTec IPS\PmmUpdate.exe"
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'PMMUpdate' runs on logon in the path '\PMMUpdate'
- Entry path '\PMMUpdate'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\PMMUpdate'
Network connections
[TCP] ec2-184-72-229-178.compute-1.amazonaws.com (184.72.229.178:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00152080% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00110633% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00041447% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 13,143,782 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 135,836/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.38 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.83 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.93 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.38 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 72.44 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 79.8 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.99 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.12 MB | |
| Page faults: | 82,850/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 509 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 88 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 85 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 10/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 146 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 32 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 33 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 7 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.18% |
|
| Windows 8 |
37.18% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
7.69% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
6.41% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.85% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.28% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.28% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.28% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 35.90% of EgisTec In-Product Service .
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
96.83% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
3.17% |
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