Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

3.7.2.205	50.00%
3.4.5.177	50.00%

Relationships

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

sumo.exe

SUMo by KC Softwares

Remove sumo.exe

Version:	3.4.5.177
MD5:	5ed5165103554da8398a3e94c7c54118
SHA1:	bc5120f683e13939294df6a47c18bbb843cdd6b4
SHA256:	93202f26cbf8e5fb91df36f6906158eca0d619cbc70466cc2d5ee951a44c2ec0

About sumo.exe (from KC Softwares)

“SUMo, which stands for Software Update Monitor. Thanks to SUMo you'll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software ! Unlike build-in auto update featur”

Overview

sumo.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). This is typically installed with the program KC Softwares SUMo published by KC Softwares.

Details

File name:	sumo.exe
Publisher:	KC Softwares
Product name:	SUMo
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\kc softwares\sumo\sumo.exe
File version:	3.4.5.177
Product version:	0
Size:	1.39 MB (1,458,176 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

KC Softwares SUMo

KC Softwares

11% remove

SUMo, or Software Update Monitor, is a free software application that will check the current versions of most of the popular software installed on a user's PC against it's huge database of known current versions. If a new version of the software is available and the with computer SUMo installed is running an older or outdated version, it will let you know and even automatically update it. The software is packed with some nice features s...

Behaviors

Startup files (user) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'SUMo' → C:\Program Files\KC Softwares\SUMo\SUMo.exe /minimized

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.03893566%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.03444309%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00449258%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	461 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:	2.91 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	9.3 MB
Private (minimum):	2.78 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.91 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	65.16 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	66.55 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	2.86 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	9.74 MB	37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:	3	12
Handles:	142	600
GUI GDI count:	143	103
GUI USER count:	122	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\kc softwares\sumo\sumo.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

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