spmonitor.exe
SpeedUpMyPC Monitor by Uniblue Systems (Signed)
Warning 14 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of spmonitor.exe.
Overview
There are 14 versions of spmonitor.exe in the wild, the latest version being 5.3.8.5. spmonitor.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. The process utilizes the Windows Task Scheduler to automatically launch the file as a process when a user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 25.74 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Uniblue Systems by VeriSign. Numerous variations of spmonitor.exe have been installed with both SpeedUpMyPC and Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 13.38 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 104.96 KB per minute for reads and 13 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is spmonitor.exe?
Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC Monitor runs at PC boot time and is designed to automatically check the status of Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC as well as the PC.
About spmonitor.exe (from Uniblue Systems)
“Is your PC getting slower? With so many different settings, files and processes to monitor, it is hard to identify just what is slowing you down, let alone implement the necessary technical adjustment”
 Details
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| File name: | spmonitor.exe |
| Publisher: | Uniblue Systems Ltd |
| Product name: | SpeedUpMyPC Monitor |
| Description: | Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC Monitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\uniblue\speedupmypc\spmonitor.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Uniblue Systems |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Monday, May 6, 2013 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of SpeedUpMyPC Monitor.)
Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC a Windows registry repair software utility designed to fix potentially damaged registry entries by scanning for entries that point to various files that are no longer active on the...
“SpeedUpMyPC combines a range of professional level tools that specifically target system performance optimization, privacy enhancement and hard disk cleanup. System settings, Internet usage, disk clut...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of spmonitor.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'spmonitor' runs on logon in the path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\spmonitor.job'
- Entry path '\spmonitor'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\spmonitor.job'
- Entry path '\SpeedUpMyPC'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\spmonitor.job'
- Login entry path '\spmonitor'
- Login entry path '\SpeedUpMyPC'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 14 of them detected the following malware.
| Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.7440 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.2.1.7 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8206 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.3.0 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.7622 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.4.1 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8029 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.4.0 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8229 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.4.3 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8231 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.4.4 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8510 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.4.5 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8551 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.8.0 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8709 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.6.0 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8497 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.8.3 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8585 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.8.5 |
| ESET NOD32 |
7.8507 |
Win32/SpeedUpMyPC |
5.3.8.1 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0814 |
5.3.3.0 |
| Trend Micro HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0531 |
5.3.8.3 |
All file variations of spmonitor.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
37.37% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.26% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.13% |
|
| Windows 8 |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.06% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.03% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
2.02% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.01% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 38.20% of SpeedUpMyPC Monitor.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
37.14% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
12.86% |
|
| Lenovo |
11.43% |
|
| Acer |
11.43% |
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| Sony |
8.57% |
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| ASUS |
8.57% |
|
| American Megatrends |
7.14% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.43% |
|
| Alienware |
1.43% |
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