Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
 
Relationships
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        Toaster.exe
Dell Backup And Recovery by Dell Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.44 | 
| MD5: | 6d8a66d551a332df0a1716272ec4ed50 | 
| SHA1: | 647d44e380f10dbe9f058a92b88a178278d124e8 | 
| SHA256: | ee152afe44f7ed5599c180485573c29fbc95421fcfee73bbb32107098138be03 | 
About Toaster.exe (from Dell Inc)
“Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is a backup application installed on Dell Inspiron, Studio and XPS computers.  SoftThinks Deployment Suite helps manage the entire lifecycle of computers from out-of-box”
Overview
toaster.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent 
sftservice.exe (SoftThinks Agent Service by Dell Inc). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Dell Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | toaster.exe | 
| Publisher: | SoftThinks - Dell | 
| Product name: | Dell Backup And Recovery | 
| Description: | Dell Backup And Recovery Toaster | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dell backup and recovery\toaster.exe | 
| File version: | 1.0.0.44 | 
| Size: | 3.86 MB (4,047,208 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 11/26/2012 5:57 AM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Dell Inc | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 
| Expiration date: | Saturday, December 15, 2012 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET | 
| .NET CLR: | Yes | 
| .NET NGENed: | No | 
More details
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00710413% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00227906% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00482507% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 148 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 31,956/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 38.53 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 43.38 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 37.33 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 38.53 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 285.27 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 293.46 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 38.92 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 43.42 MB |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 13.3 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 8/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 18 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 59 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 6/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 12 |  | 
| Handles: | 332 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 24 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 32 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 21 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 22 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command lines: | 
"C:\Program Files\dell backup and recovery\toaster.exe" C:\users\radhakrishna"C:\Program Files\dell backup and recovery\toaster.exe" C:\users\ray | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Parent process: | sftservice.exe (SoftThinks Agent Service by Dell Inc) | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 8 | 41.67% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 25.00% |  | 
| Windows 8 Single Language | 16.67% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 8.33% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 8.33% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Dell Backup And Recovery.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 94.74% |  | 
| Alienware | 5.26% |  |