Additional versions

05b13	14.08%
68839	1.41%
11c3a	8.45%
52c18	12.68%
89238	1.41%
be4d9	2.82%
f85eb	1.41%
872f6	1.41%
8ac7e	9.86%
6caf3	4.23%
0ec38	7.04%
c7007	4.23%
81eac	1.41%
bd893	2.82%
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60981	7.04%
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45f31	1.41%
199a8	1.41%
ce882	1.41%
36c55	1.41%
382f8	1.41%
418c5	1.41%

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dmwu.exe is the installation service for Web Optimizer, an ad-supported program. Web Optimizer by Perion Network Ltd. is a web browser extension and browser helper object (BHO) for Internet Explorer and Firefox (extension) and distributed through Perion Networks. The Web Optimizer extension includes a search bar which provides modified search redirection results and a search provider. Web Optimizer will attempt to change the default home page of the user's web browser as well.

dmwu.exe runs as a service under the name Updater Service (IBUpdaterService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. The file is digitally signed by Perion Network Ltd. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). Note, some antivirus scanners have flagged this file, however it is not necessarily considered malware (see below for details).

CPU
Total CPU:	0.01436946%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.01095070%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00341876%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	30,629,366 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	134,967/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	4.9 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	10.62 MB
Private (minimum):	8.98 MB
Non-paged memory:	4.9 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	74.21 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	80.75 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	9.97 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	10.87 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,706,304/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	2 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	92 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	6/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	10	12
Handles:	366	600

sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.07489497%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.06367089%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.01122409%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	2,499,182/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	79/sec
Memory:	100 KB	1.16 MB
dmwu.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.01690393%
Kernel CPU:	0.01175151%
User CPU:	0.00515241%
CPU cycles:	409,110/sec
Memory:	1.12 MB
WININET.dll
Total CPU:	0.00257932%
Kernel CPU:	0.00257932%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	32,061/sec
Memory:	976 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00257907%
Kernel CPU:	0.00257907%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	34,690/sec
Memory:	1.23 MB