Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

9.2.4	33.33%
9.2.1	33.33%
8.3.18	33.33%

Relationships

Parent process

pg_ctl.exe (PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group)

Related files

postgres.exe

PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Remove postgres.exe

Version:	8.3.18
MD5:	b2688ea9240e0d90649441ae0d42e7ab
SHA1:	42a82a84e26d08912385629584f0c573efe2ad0d
SHA256:	77036f5449932b72d0d465761d36a5cfbd091fd0542bfd7949df37a0dcbf4a01

Overview

postgres.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent pg_ctl.exe (PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group).

Details

File name:	postgres.exe
Publisher:	PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Product name:	PostgreSQL
Description:	PostgreSQL Server
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\postgresql\8.3\bin\postgres.exe
File version:	8.3.18
Size:	3.54 MB (3,706,880 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows Console
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 1040

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00005917%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00005316%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00000601%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	318 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	3/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	3.23 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	6.32 MB
Private (minimum):	5.54 MB
Non-paged memory:	3.23 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	68.59 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	69.18 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	6.32 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	6.32 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,621/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	35 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	4 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	91 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	2/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	2	12
Handles:	167	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103
GUI USER count:	1	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	32-bit
Command lines:	"C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" -d "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/data" "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" "--forkboot" "1300" "-x3" "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" "--forklog" "1380" "1384" "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" "--forkboot" "1284" "-x4" "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" "--forkavlauncher" "1316" "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/postgres.exe" "--forkcol" "1296"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Parent processes:	postgres.exe (PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group) pg_ctl.exe (PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group)