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

VersionsAdditional versions

8.0.0.22 1.43%
7.0.0.450 2.86%
7.0.0.415 1.43%
7.0.0.414 4.29%
7.0.0.324 5.71%
7.0.0.233 4.29%
7.0.0.193 2.86%
6.2.136.0 15.71%
6.2.112.0 1.43%
6.0.335.0 24.29%
2.2.41.0 11.43%
2.0.242.0 1.43%
2.0.240.0 4.29%
1.5.86.0 4.29%
1.0.175.0 14.29%

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advapi32.dll
SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, AllocateAndInitializeSid, SetEntriesInAclW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, FreeSid, GetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetNamedSecurityInfoW
kernel32.dll
GetTickCount, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedDecrement, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetProcessHeap, SetEndOfFile, WriteConsoleW, SetStdHandle, HeapReAlloc, GetStringTypeW, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetLocaleInfoW, HeapCreate, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, GetFileType, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetStdHandle, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, HeapSize, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, WaitForSingleObject, GetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, CloseHandle, SetEvent, CreateEventW, WaitForMultipleObjects, CreateThread, GetDateFormatW, Sleep, GetTimeFormatW, GetLocalTime, GetSystemDefaultLangID, CreateProcessW, WriteFile, WideCharToMultiByte, ReadFile, GetModuleFileNameW, CreateFileW, MultiByteToWideChar, FlushFileBuffers, GetTempPathW, SetLastError, LocalAlloc, GetUserDefaultUILanguage, LocalFree, lstrlenA, InterlockedIncrement, ExitProcess, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreW, OpenSemaphoreW, GetCurrentProcessId, SetFilePointer, CreateDirectoryW, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryW, GetProcAddress, IsDBCSLeadByteEx, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, GetCommandLineW, HeapSetInformation, GetStartupInfoW, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, RtlUnwind, RaiseException, LCMapStringW, GetCPInfo, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetModuleHandleW, IsDebuggerPresent, VirtualAlloc, CreateFileA, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, LoadLibraryA, GetStringTypeA, VirtualFree, GetStartupInfoA, GetModuleHandleA, LCMapStringA, GetModuleFileNameA, CompareStringW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, GetTimeZoneInformation, MoveFileW, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedCompareExchange, OpenMutexW, GetFileSizeEx, ReleaseMutex, CopyFileW, GetFileAttributesW, lstrlenW, SetFileAttributesW, GetFullPathNameW, GetFullPathNameA, GetFileSize, UnlockFile, LockFile, FormatMessageA, GetVersionExW, GetFileAttributesA, LockFileEx, GetDiskFreeSpaceW, GetDiskFreeSpaceA, DeleteFileW, GetTempPathA, GetSystemTime, AreFileApisANSI, DeleteFileA, CreateMutexW, lstrcpyW, SetDllDirectoryW
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance, CLSIDFromProgID, CLSIDFromString, OleRun, CoInitialize, CoTaskMemFree
shell32.dll
Shell_NotifyIconW, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, SHGetFolderLocation, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHGetFolderPathW, SHCreateDirectoryExW
shlwapi.dll
PathFileExistsW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathRenameExtensionW, PathAddExtensionW, PathIsFileSpecW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathStripPathW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathAppendW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathFindFileNameW
user32.dll
DefWindowProcW, DestroyMenu, UpdateWindow, SendMessageW, MessageBoxW, InsertMenuW, CreateWindowExW, CreatePopupMenu, wsprintfW, EndPaint, DestroyWindow, TranslateAcceleratorW, GetMessageW, PostQuitMessage, TrackPopupMenu, PostMessageW, SetForegroundWindow, LoadCursorW, BeginPaint, TranslateMessage, LoadAcceleratorsW, RegisterClassExW, LoadIconW, GetCursorPos, DispatchMessageW

AAM Updates Notifier.exe

AAM Updates Notifier Application by Adobe Systems Incorporated (Signed)

Remove AAM Updates Notifier.exe
Version:   7.0.0.450
MD5:   929f7d65df9ef297754236644326a958
SHA1:   ad48a1b17af10cf197713dbb4e607b757fc82810

What is AAM Updates Notifier.exe?

AAM Update Notifier is installed with Adobe Master Collection CS5 and other Adobe Creative Suite products which checks for software updates periodically. If Adobe releases new updates, the AAM Update Notifier will automatically download and install these.

Overview

aam updates notifier.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. The file is digitally signed by Adobe Systems Incorporated which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:aam updates notifier.exe
Publisher:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Product name:AAM Updates Notifier Application
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\oobe\pdapp\uwa\aam updates notifier.exe
File version:7.0.0.450
Size:796.87 KB (815,992 bytes)
Build date:9/25/2013 1:26 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Adobe Systems Incorporated
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Saturday, December 11, 2010
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:0.05759762%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.03173616%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.02586146%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:15,258 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:431,504/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:32/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:7.76 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.45 MB
Private (minimum):5.48 MB
Non-paged memory:7.76 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:133.3 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):145.04 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.96 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):16.73 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:9,287/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:57.69 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:110/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:7.8 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:32/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:7.27 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:158/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:380
600
GUI GDI count:13
103
GUI GDI peak:16
142
GUI USER count:8
49
GUI USER peak:8
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\adobe\oobe\pdapp\uwa\aam updates notifier.exe"
Owner:User

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
AAM Updates Notifier.exe (main module)
Total CPU:1.66010971%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.79756160%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.86254810%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:37,773,593/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:52/sec
79/sec
Memory:812 KB
1.16 MB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:0.00985616%
Kernel CPU:0.00985616%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:69,507/sec
Memory:416 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 34.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 24.29%
Windows 8 Pro 8.57%
Windows 8 5.71%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 5.71%
Windows 7 Professional 4.29%
Windows 7 Home Basic 2.86%
Microsoft Windows XP 2.86%
Windows 8 Single Language 1.43%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.43%
Windows 8.1 1.43%
Windows 8.1 Pro 1.43%
Windows Seven Black Edition 1.43%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.43%
Windows Vista Business 1.43%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.43%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 41.43% of AAM Updates Notifier Application.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 33.33%
Hewlett-Packard 15.00%
ASUS 13.33%
MSI 10.00%
Acer 8.33%
Lenovo 6.67%
GIGABYTE 3.33%
Toshiba 3.33%
Samsung 1.67%
Sahara 1.67%
American Megatrends 1.67%
Alienware 1.67%
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