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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

1.3.24.15 3.41%
1.3.24.7 3.41%
1.3.22.5 1.14%
1.3.22.3 1.14%
1.3.21.165 15.34%
1.3.21.153 14.20%
1.3.21.149 2.27%
1.3.21.145 11.36%
1.3.21.135 21.59%
1.3.21.129 0.57%
1.3.21.123 23.30%
1.3.21.115 1.14%
1.3.21.111 1.14%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
GetSecurityDescriptorLength, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, MakeSelfRelativeSD, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, TraceEvent, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegisterTraceGuidsW, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegOpenKeyExW, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, GetLengthSid, RegQueryValueExW, CopySid, AddAce, IsValidSid, InitializeAcl, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, OpenProcessToken, EqualSid, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetAce, GetAclInformation, MakeAbsoluteSD, OpenThreadToken, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, CheckTokenMembership, FreeSid, CreateProcessAsUserW
kernel32.dll
HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, GetStartupInfoW, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, InterlockedIncrement, SetLastError, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThread, ExitProcess, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, Sleep, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, MultiByteToWideChar, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineA, GetCommandLineW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, RtlUnwind, LoadLibraryA, GetLocaleInfoA, WideCharToMultiByte, FreeLibrary, InterlockedExchange, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, CreateEventW, CreateFileW, GetLocalTime, lstrcmpW, SetFilePointer, OutputDebugStringA, WaitForSingleObject, GetPrivateProfileIntW, lstrcmpiW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, OutputDebugStringW, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexW, ReadFile, GetFileAttributesExW, MoveFileExW, GetFileTime, FlushFileBuffers, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetModuleHandleW, CreateDirectoryW, RemoveDirectoryW, HeapDestroy, LoadLibraryW, LocalFree, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, UnregisterWaitEx, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateProcessW, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetTempPathW, VirtualQuery, TryEnterCriticalSection, SetEvent, ResetEvent, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetVersionExW, lstrcpynW, VerSetConditionMask, VerifyVersionInfoW, ReadProcessMemory, GetThreadLocale, GlobalAlloc, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GlobalFree, GetProcessTimes, UnregisterWait, QueueUserWorkItem, DisconnectNamedPipe, CreateNamedPipeW, ConnectNamedPipe, GetOverlappedResult, WritePrivateProfileStringW, lstrlenW, CloseHandle, GetCurrentProcess, LoadResource, LockResource, DeleteFileW, SizeofResource, GetLastError, FindResourceExW, RaiseException, TerminateProcess, FindResourceW, CreateFileA, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetSystemInfo, VirtualProtect, GetCurrentThreadId, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DuplicateHandle, GetVersionExA, OpenProcess, WaitForMultipleObjects, DeviceIoControl, CreateThread, GetComputerNameExW, GetSystemDefaultLangID, GetUserDefaultLangID, WaitNamedPipeW, TransactNamedPipe, SetNamedPipeHandleState, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreW, RtlCaptureContext, DllMain, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, DebugActiveProcess, GetThreadContext, DebugActiveProcessStop, VirtualQueryEx, GetProcessId, ContinueDebugEvent, WaitForDebugEvent, EncodePointer, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DecodePointer, HeapSetInformation
netapi32.dll
NetApiBufferFree, NetWkstaGetInfo
ole32.dll
StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathCanonicalizeW, PathIsRelativeW, PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, SHQueryValueExW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathStripPathW
user32.dll
UnregisterClassA, wvsprintfW, CloseClipboard, SetClipboardData, EmptyClipboard, OpenClipboard, wsprintfW, MessageBoxW, CharLowerW, GetMessageW, PeekMessageW, DispatchMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, EnumWindows, IsWindowVisible, GetWindowThreadProcessId, CharUpperW
userenv.dll
UnloadUserProfile, CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW, VerQueryValueW

googlecrashhandler.exe

Google Update by Google Inc (Signed)

Remove googlecrashhandler.exe
Version:   1.3.21.123
MD5:   ae5a69f44c1f97edc83237fc0b29b6fb
SHA1:   790427defa3b4992df6bd058b0f8ffa52d0ca45e
SHA256:   1bc5124a42589032161e0205890abe9c405c6629b954c4b368555f4693d2b28c

What is googlecrashhandler.exe?

GoogleCrashHandler.exe is a Google application which is automatically installed on your PC when you install many of the Google applications such as the Google Toolbar or Google Chrome. This program sends anonymous usage data and crash reports to Google.

About googlecrashhandler.exe (from Google Inc)

To make sure that you're protected by the latest security updates, Google Chrome automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available. The update process happens in

DetailsDetails

File name:googlecrashhandler.exe
Publisher:Google Inc.
Product name:Google Update
Description:Google Crash Handler
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.115\googlecrashhandler.exe
Original name:GoogleUpdate.exe
File version:1.3.21.123
Size:207.45 KB (212,432 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Google Inc
Authority (CA):Thawte
Expiration date:Sunday, November 9, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00474407%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00329403%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00145004%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:476,340 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:110,869/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:2/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.85 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.34 MB
Private (minimum):602.93 KB
Non-paged memory:1.85 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:50.37 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):55.19 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:792.42 KB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.08 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:77,885/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:75 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:95 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:119 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:137
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI GDI peak:4
142
GUI USER count:1
49
GUI USER peak:1
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\google\update\1.3.21.123\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • "C:\Program Files\google\update\1.3.21.124\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.123\googlecrashhandler.exe
  • C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.124\googlecrashhandler.exe
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.124\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.123\googlecrashhandler.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
GoogleCrashHandler.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00731886%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00589323%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00142563%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:154,468/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:228 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00084197%
Kernel CPU:0.00066492%
User CPU:0.00017705%
CPU cycles:11,062/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:0.00028275%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00028275%
CPU cycles:2,640/sec
Memory:356 KB
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:0.00011197%
Kernel CPU:0.00011197%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:677/sec
Memory:32 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.71%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.43%
Windows 8 Pro 8.57%
Windows 7 Professional 8.00%
Windows 8 4.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.86%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 2.86%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.71%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.14%
Windows 8.1 1.14%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Starter 1.14%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 1.14%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.14%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.57%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 0.57%
Windows Vista Business 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.57%
21 other Windows OS version

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 47.65% of Google Update.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 25.15%
Hewlett-Packard 19.76%
Toshiba 13.17%
Acer 11.38%
ASUS 10.78%
Intel 4.79%
Sony 4.79%
Compaq 2.40%
Samsung 1.80%
GIGABYTE 1.80%
Gateway 1.20%
Lenovo 1.20%
MSI 1.20%
American Megatrends 0.60%
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