Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Murray Hurps publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Child process
Related files
AdMunch.exe
Ad Muncher by Murray Hurps (Signed)
| Version: | 4.93.33707 |
| MD5: | 8b380a9e51b43b8b44d7e370c4439798 |
| SHA1: | 502a62833337cafae77035d9cbabd229a72ee8a0 |
| SHA256: | 4e382778e6e978a65460c8d623a014cb8fe83e551a8b9f11630d389bccf97a30 |
About AdMunch.exe (from Murray Hurps)
“Ad Muncher is a powerful advert and popup blocking system for all browsers and advert-displaying programs like Pando, SopCast, ICQ, Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster, Opera, PalTalk, iMesh, Bearshare, LimeWir”
Overview
admunch.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Angry Birds Rio published by Rovio, Eye Pro from Classle Soft and Eye Pro by Classle Soft. The file is digitally signed by Murray Hurps which was issued by the The USERTRUST Network certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | admunch.exe |
| Publisher: | Murray Hurps Software Pty Ltd |
| Product name: | Ad Muncher |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ad muncher\admunch.exe |
| File version: | 4.93.33707 |
| Size: | 581.2 KB (595,144 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Murray Hurps |
| Authority (CA): | The USERTRUST Network |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, June 8, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, June 8, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | Yes |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
µTorrent is a is a free, ad-supported, lighter-weight BitTorrent client designed to consume less resources then the full BitTorrent version. Some uTorrent installs include potentially unwanted programs in the form of the Conduit Engine, which installs a toolbar, and makes homepage and default search engine changes to a user's web browser.
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RapidSolution Software AG |
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“Discover the many options and ease-of-use offered by Audials One by looking at our screenshots. No other software offers such a huge number of benefits for your entertainment! You can compare the functions of all Audials editions using the overview. Only Audials One offers all of the functions at the best price. You can only get the best free entertainment with all of the functions relating to your music, audio books, podcasts, videos, ...”
“In Angry Birds Rio, the original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to the magical city of Rio de Janeiro, where they eventually escape their captors and set out to save their friends, Blu and Jewel – two rare macaws and the stars of the hit motion picture, Rio. Angry Birds Rio pairs the physics-based gameplay of the original game with unique twists based on the film.”
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Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Ad Muncher' → "C:\Program Files\Ad Muncher\AdMunch.exe" /bt
Network connections
[TCP] 8.26.212.253:80
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01722159% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00722022% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01000138% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,454,361 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,895,025/sec | |
| Context switches: | 414/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 17.99 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 24.07 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 14.93 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 17.99 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 111.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 112.54 MB | |
| Working set: | 19.08 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 25.17 MB | |
| Page faults: | 16,329/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 26.61 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3.67 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 173.46 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 8,047/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 221 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 28 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 41 | |
| GUI USER count: | 20 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 113 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\ad muncher\admunch.exe" /bt
- "C:\Program Files\ad muncher\admunch.exe" /installcomplete install
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| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
40.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
20.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
20.00% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 80.00% of Ad Muncher.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Intel |
36.36% |
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| Acer |
27.27% |
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| ASUS |
18.18% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
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