BPowMon.exe
Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service by Broadcom Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 4, 0 |
| MD5: | b38aa3347dfc77c2e6d32fd92a528567 |
| SHA1: | 7916d3ead7e5681a2b1a0822f1fc8ed51fe39f79 |
| SHA256: | 6e7895079a77de4011fd3822311756effb504b263001f5db5e24d441692b4c8e |
Overview
bpowmon.exe runs as a service under the name Broadcom Power monitoring service (BPowMon) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Broadcom Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | bpowmon.exe |
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corp. |
| Product name: | Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\broadcom\bpowmon\bpowmon.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 4, 0 |
| Size: | 69.31 KB (70,976 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Broadcom Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'BPowMon' (Broadcom Power monitoring service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00019697% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015860% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003837% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.3 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.05 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.3 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 36.72 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 38.72 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.05 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.05 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 98 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\broadcom\bacs\bpowmon.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | BPowMon |
| Display name: | Broadcom Power monitoring service |
| Description: | “Power monitoring service for Broadcom applications.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
SY installs about 50.00% of Broadcom Power Source Monitoring Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
100.00% |
|