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Performance resource utilization
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ara.exe
NOBU_ARA by Symantec Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 4.3.2.2 |
| MD5: | e72c1ec9fcc9d60eb807fad9eca32b85 |
| SHA1: | 505048ae5b0a981c8bf4ebbfa65b537abd74a4e2 |
Overview
ara.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. The file is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | ara.exe |
| Publisher: | Symantec Corporation |
| Product name: | NOBU_ARA |
| Description: | Norton Online Backup |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\norton online backup ara\engine\4.1.0.14\ara.exe |
| Original name: | Norton Online Backup |
| File version: | 4.3.2.2 |
| Product version: | 4.3 |
| Size: | 635.83 KB (651,088 bytes) |
| Build date: | 8/27/2013 7:57 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Symantec Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, September 8, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, November 24, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled task
- The task 'Norton Online Backup ARA' in the path '\Norton Online Backup ARA'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.02414467% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01762432% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00652035% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 546 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 30.38 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 28.02 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 380 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 30.38 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 214.9 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 233.5 MB | |
| Working set: | 964 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 53.99 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 296 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 53 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 89 | |
| GUI USER count: | 21 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 32 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\norton online backup ara\engine\4.3.0.14\ara.exe" /launch_code 3 |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| ARA.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.02252693% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01677556% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00575137% | |
| CPU cycles: | 296,452/sec | |
| Memory: | 648 KB | |
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00095864% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00095864% | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,530/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
33.33% |
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| Windows 8 |
33.33% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
Brazil installs about 33.33% of NOBU_ARA.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
66.67% |
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| Samsung |
33.33% |
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