Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
AdFender.exe
AdFender by AdFender (Signed)
| Version: | 1.7.5.1 |
| MD5: | a5a96ea3b2504b3b8fcf221948fba676 |
| SHA1: | 200ba0a9cc912e73f7dd77583ea928367ca7f723 |
Overview
adfender.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. This is typically installed with the program AdFender published by AdFender, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by AdFender which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | adfender.exe |
| Publisher: | AdFender, Inc. |
| Product name: | AdFender |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\adfender\adfender.exe |
| File version: | 1.7.5.1 |
| Product version: | 1.75 |
| Size: | 3.08 MB (3,225,712 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/29/2013 5:22 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AdFender |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, February 9, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, February 9, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“AdFender is a free and effective ad blocking solution. It removes clutter from web pages such as expanding banner ads, flash ads and blocks other intrusive in-your face advertisements. AdFender runs unobtrusively in the background and help you surf faster saving valuable bandwidth. It works with all leading web browsers, instant messengers and P2P apps. AdFender is easy to use and requires no user configuration. It helps remove profilin...”
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'adfender.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00028461% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00013982% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014480% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 421 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 827,836/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.29 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 17.69 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 220 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 118.13 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 126.88 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.65 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 17.81 MB | |
| Page faults: | 65,792/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 978 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1000 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 63/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 334 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 87 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 101 | |
| GUI USER count: | 54 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 57 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| AdFender.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00026925% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00012427% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014498% | |
| CPU cycles: | 394,728/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.12 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003928% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003928% | |
| CPU cycles: | 320/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
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 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of AdFender.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
|
