cammute.exe
ThinkVantage Communications Utility by Lenovo(Japan)Ltd. (Signed)
| Version: | 4.1.15.100 |
| MD5: | 5d5c92bc21e5e9d3bef9cfc72e9a630c |
| SHA1: | 8ebffbb0c0813b9487770745b22e12d4ad187172 |
Overview
cammute.exe runs as a service under the name Lenovo AVFramework Camera Privacy Controller (LENOVO.CAMMUTE) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Lenovo Settings - Camera Audio published by Lenovo. The file is digitally signed by Lenovo(Japan)Ltd. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | cammute.exe |
| Publisher: | Lenovo Corporation |
| Product name: | ThinkVantage Communications Utility |
| Description: | Lenovo® AVFramework Camera Privacy Control Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\lenovo\communications utility\cammute.exe |
| File version: | 4.1.15.100 |
| Size: | 500.05 KB (512,048 bytes) |
| Build date: | 11/25/2013 12:06 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Lenovo(Japan)Ltd. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, January 1, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'LENOVO.CAMMUTE' (Lenovo AVFramework Camera Privacy Controller)
- LENOVO.CAMMUTE
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001749% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001260% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000489% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 281 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,260/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.23 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.79 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 104 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 57.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 65.96 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.34 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.68 MB | |
| Page faults: | 31,961/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 7 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 442 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\lenovo\communications utility\cammute.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | LENOVO.CAMMUTE |
| Display name: | Lenovo AVFramework Camera Privacy Controller |
| Description: | “Manages the integrated camera's privacy functions.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 50.00% of ThinkVantage Communications Utility.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
100.00% |
|