Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
softinfo.exe
Software Informer by Informer Technologies
| Version: | 1.2.764.0 |
| MD5: | 856b1ecea917f6a7e8af5ba278541cfd |
| SHA1: | 2a53ba37a028a9dd6cf4ea535610598f140be3b5 |
What is softinfo.exe?
Software Informer is used to locate new versions of applications that are already installed on the computer system and downloaded from softwareinformer.com. Applications that currently have upgrades available are shown to the user, who can proceed with the upgrade with a simple click.
About softinfo.exe (from Informer Technologies)
“The Software Informer client application. First, you get notifications about important updates of your software and can directly manage your installed programs. Second, you get a nice overview of your”
Details
| File name: | softinfo.exe |
| Publisher: | Informer Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | Software Informer |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\software informer\softinfo.exe |
| File version: | 1.2.764.0 |
| Product version: | 1.2 RC |
| Size: | 5.98 MB (6,275,072 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Software Informer' → "C:\Program Files\Software Informer\softinfo.exe" -autorun
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 49739
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.12468857% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.11239534% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01229324% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,833 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.12 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.8 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.4 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.12 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 127.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 133.64 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.86 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 21.96 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 350 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 533 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 551 | |
| GUI USER count: | 195 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 219 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\software informer\softinfo.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| softinfo.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.26409723% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.15342792% | |
| User CPU: | 0.11066932% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,136,694/sec | |
| Context switches: | 14/sec | |
| Memory: | 6.03 MB | |
| sendori.dll (Sendori.dll by Sendori) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00632449% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00505959% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00126490% | |
| CPU cycles: | 441,874/sec | |
| Context switches: | 19/sec | |
| Memory: | 312 KB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00126464% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00126464% | |
| CPU cycles: | 54,145/sec | |
| Memory: | 980 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
20.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
10.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 44.44% of Software Informer.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
80.00% |
|
| Acer |
20.00% |
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