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adpeakproxy.exe
AdpeakProxy.exe by Adpeak
| Version: | 2.2.7.1 |
| MD5: | 8cbe07b5aa098830acb1e1f555c7f92b |
| SHA1: | a9753edf2d54ee9cabf70069e8ef65f327523a23 |
Overview
adpeakproxy.exe runs as a service under the name AdpeakProxy with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Savingsbull Services published by Adpeak Inc. and ScorpionSaver Services published by Adpeak, Inc.. This particular version is usually found on Windows 8 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
| File name: | adpeakproxy.exe |
| Publisher: | Adpeak, Inc. |
| Product name: | AdpeakProxy.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\scorpionsaver services\adpeakproxy.exe |
| File version: | 2.2.7.1 |
| Size: | 3.52 MB (3,688,448 bytes) |
| Build date: | 10/16/2013 9:21 AM |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
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Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[TCP] l1.ycs.vip.nyc.yahoo.com (216.115.104.240:443)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00091757% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00081551% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010206% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 149,948 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 17,043,318/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 24.93 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 28.41 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 19.08 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 24.93 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 192.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 318.95 MB | |
| Working set: | 22.24 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 32.79 MB | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 54 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 72 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 11.96 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 191/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 209 | |
| Handles: | 1422 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\scorpionsaver services\adpeakproxy.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | AdpeakProxy |
| Description: | “Adpeak Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
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