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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization
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AWMonitor.exe
ActiveWords by ActiveWord Systems, Inc. by ActiveWord Systems
| Version: | 2.0.0.71 |
| MD5: | bd09a0a3b1de2692839a42f1b06893fe |
| SHA1: | 2458b83fd1cd1c1673bfe2b6abaa47b453002d58 |
Overview
awmonitor.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
cmd.exe (Windows Command Processor by Microsoft). 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 ActiveWords published by ActiveWord Systems, Inc..
Details
| File name: | awmonitor.exe |
| Publisher: | ActiveWord Systems, Inc. |
| Product name: | ActiveWords® by ActiveWord Systems, Inc. |
| Description: | ActiveWords® AWMonitor |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\activewords\awmonitor.exe |
| File version: | 2.0.0.71 |
| Product version: | Version 2.00 (Build: 71-011413) |
| Size: | 3.37 MB (3,534,848 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“ActiveWords is user interface technology that adds a simple and powerful attribute to Windows®, it turns words into actions. Type, ink, or select any words in any context at any time, and be directly connected with services you relate to the meaning of those words. For example, trigger the word "weather" and a web page showing your current local weather appears. ActiveWords allows you to leverage your vocabulary and innate naming abilit...”
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'awmonitor.exe'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00064466% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00038662% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00025803% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,795,320 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,127,358/sec | |
| Context switches: | 41/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 15.63 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 19.9 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 9.2 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 15.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 174.64 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 180.07 MB | |
| Working set: | 19.88 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 20.17 MB | |
| Page faults: | 74,119,314/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 138.21 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 254/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5.75 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 30 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 4/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 197 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 50 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 53 | |
| GUI USER count: | 34 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 37 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\windows\syswow64\awmonitor.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\activewords\awmonitor.exe"
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| Owner: | User |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| AWMonitor.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 3.02803557% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 2.97363967% | |
| User CPU: | 0.05439589% | |
| CPU cycles: | 47,707,065/sec | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory: | 4.49 MB | |
| awinkpad.exe (ActiveWords Inkpad by ActiveWords) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00188716% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00057323% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00131392% | |
| CPU cycles: | 51,793/sec | |
| Memory: | 432 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00004189% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004189% | |
| CPU cycles: | 36/sec | |
| Memory: | 276 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
77.78% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
11.11% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of ActiveWords® by ActiveWord Systems, Inc..
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
76.92% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.08% |
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