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60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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Parent process
Related files
WajamUpdater.exe
Wajam by Wajam (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.5 |
| MD5: | 4aa2cc5979aff984227364f2c23b04f3 |
| SHA1: | a252fedceedca1655d593982040cceed07812def |
| SHA256: | b23112ae291efae80aa7f9b1b119eb0da4e426930a23ee77a6a43288f3c0cbb9 |
What is WajamUpdater.exe?
Wajam Auto Updater Service program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
About WajamUpdater.exe (from Wajam)
“Everyday your friends share lots of useful stuff on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Most of this content never reaches you since there’s too much to keep up with. But what your fr”
Details
| File name: | wajamupdater.exe |
| Publisher: | Wajam |
| Product name: | Wajam |
| Description: | Auto-updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\wajam\updater\wajamupdater.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.5 |
| Size: | 106.51 KB (109,064 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Wajam |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Wajam is a search-enhancement product, but it does not change homepage or search. This product shows display and/or text ads into third-party websites which may alter normal web page layouts. Wajam is a social search engine that lets users get recommendations from friends by letting them search through public and private data shared on social networking platforms. Its first product is a plug-in or browser extension that uses social netw...
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 50532
[UDP] listens on port 60527
[UDP] listens on port 59239
[UDP] listens on port 54708
[UDP] listens on port 62442
[UDP] listens on port 64663
[UDP] listens on port 49488
[UDP] listens on port 50720
[UDP] listens on port 56337
[UDP] listens on port 3672
[UDP] listens on port 52570
[UDP] listens on port 54902
[UDP] listens on port 52524
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00282564% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00206598% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00075966% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 468,498 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 35,392/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.82 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.52 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.22 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.82 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 54.85 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 59.72 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.39 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.97 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,793/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 85 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 212 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 12/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 7 | |
| Handles: | 210 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\wajam\updater\wajamupdater.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WajamUpdater |
| Description: | “Wajam Updater” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00183905% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00084078% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00099827% | |
| CPU cycles: | 53,608/sec | |
| Memory: | 980 KB | |
| WajamUpdater.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00150445% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00113571% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00036873% | |
| CPU cycles: | 39,418/sec | |
| Memory: | 124 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008617% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007096% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001521% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,989/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| RPCRT4.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002462% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001969% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000492% | |
| CPU cycles: | 149/sec | |
| Memory: | 780 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
33.93% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
16.07% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.14% |
|
| Windows 8 |
5.36% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.36% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
3.57% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 75.00% of Wajam.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
35.29% |
|
| Acer |
35.29% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.65% |
|
| ASUS |
11.76% |
|
