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boingo wi-fi.exe
Boingo Wi-Fi by Boingo Wireless (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 7, 0048, 0 |
| MD5: | d36da0a5c531353c5ff5e29242649257 |
| SHA1: | f858519f4b9c630bab49fab4c7522904efd237f3 |
| SHA256: | 756a5ff94b80cd6cbf11401955bc56ef60678b51bc786b3722174a62a739edc7 |
What is boingo wi-fi.exe?
Boingo Wi-Fi displays nearby Boingo hotspots. Boingo offers six different monthly Wi-Fi access plans, offering worldwide access, or regional access. Boingo also offers a pay as you go plan for 24 hour access at select locations. Prepaid credits are also available for customers traveling outside their service plan area.
About boingo wi-fi.exe (from Boingo Wireless)
“Whether traveling around the corner or around the world, Boingo has a plan to keep you connected to Wi-Fi on your laptop, tablet, or smartphone.”
Overview
boingo wi-fi.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Boingo Wi-Fi published by Boingo Wireless, Inc. and Boingo Wi-Fi published by Boingo Wireless, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Boingo Wireless which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | boingo wi-fi.exe |
| Publisher: | Boingo Wireless, Inc. |
| Product name: | Boingo Wi-Fi |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\boingo\boingo wi-fi\boingo wi-fi.exe |
| Original name: | GoBoingo.exe |
| File version: | 1, 7, 0048, 0 |
| Size: | 357.36 KB (365,936 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Boingo Wireless |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Boingo Wi-Finder will help you find thousands of free and Boingo hotspots around the world. Even better — the app automatically connects you to free hotspots, so getting online is a snap. Plus, in our latest release, we've included free security features that make connecting better than ever. Boingo Apps make it easy to find and connect to Wi-Fi. Simply download the version that best fits your needs and enjoy super-fast Wi-Fi with the p...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00160802% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00079123% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00081679% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 33,790 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,806,722/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.96 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 10.76 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.96 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 102.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 106.21 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.26 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.85 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,439/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.03 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 110.58 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7,219/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 287 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 19 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 23 | |
| GUI USER count: | 15 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 18 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| clientlite.dll (Boingo Wi-Fi by Boingo Wireless) |
| Total CPU: | 0.17833674% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.14184670% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03649003% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,601,199/sec | |
| Memory: | 752 KB | |
| WINMM.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00045332% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00045332% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,799/sec | |
| Memory: | 200 KB | |
| Boingo Wi-Fi.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00039793% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019896% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00019896% | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,091/sec | |
| Memory: | 360 KB | |
| rasman.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006637% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006637% | |
| CPU cycles: | 125/sec | |
| Memory: | 84 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 7 Ultimate |
66.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Boingo Wi-Fi.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
100.00% |
|
