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4, 15, 00, 4725 0.20%
4, 14, 00, 4707 7.77%
4, 13, 00, 4693 1.79%
4, 12, 00, 4657 0.20%
4, 11, 00, 4619 1.20%
4, 10, 00, 4570 1.00%
4, 09, 00, 4471 1.20%
4, 08, 00, 4428 0.80%
4, 07, 00, 4369 5.58%
4, 06, 00, 4324 5.38%
4, 05, 00, 4250 3.19%
4, 04, 00, 4197 2.39%
4, 03, 00, 4151 3.98%
4, 02, 00, 4115 5.38%
4, 01, 00, 4093 5.18%
4, 00, 0, 4064 5.78%
4, 00, 0, 4064 0.20%
3, 28, 0, 1913 4.98%
3, 28, 0, 1913 0.20%
3, 27, 0, 1900 9.96%
3, 26, 0, 1888 7.37%
3, 26, 0, 1888 0.20%
3, 25, 0, 1872 6.37%
3, 24, 0, 1850 7.37%
3, 24, 0, 1850 0.20%
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advapi32.dll
GetLengthSid, OpenProcessToken, GetTokenInformation, CryptGenRandom, CryptReleaseContext, CryptAcquireContextA, LookupPrivilegeNameW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, MapGenericMask, DuplicateToken, GetFileSecurityW, AccessCheck, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, GetSidSubAuthority, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, AllocateAndInitializeSid, OpenThreadToken, EqualSid, FreeSid, LookupAccountSidW, RegCloseKey, CopySid, LookupAccountNameW, IsValidSid, GetSidIdentifierAuthority, RegUnLoadKeyW, RegLoadKeyW, OpenEventLogW, ClearEventLogW, CloseEventLog, GetUserNameW, RegEnumValueW, SetEntriesInAclW, SetNamedSecurityInfoW
comctl32.dll
ImageList_Destroy, ImageList_GetImageInfo, ImageList_SetIconSize, ImageList_Duplicate, ImageList_Replace, ImageList_Remove, _TrackMouseEvent, ImageList_GetIconSize, ImageList_Draw, ImageList_SetImageCount, ImageList_LoadImageW, ImageList_GetImageCount, ImageList_Create, ImageList_GetIcon, InitCommonControlsEx, ImageList_ReplaceIcon
crypt32.dll
CertCloseStore, CryptMsgClose, CryptDecodeObject, CertFindCertificateInStore, CertGetNameStringW, CertFreeCertificateContext, CryptQueryObject, CryptMsgGetParam
esent.dll
JetCloseTable, JetCloseDatabase, JetEndSession, JetTerm2, JetCreateInstance2, JetGetDatabaseFileInfo, JetInit2, JetBeginSession, JetCreateDatabase2, JetAttachDatabase2, JetOpenDatabase, JetOpenTable, JetSetCurrentIndex4, JetMove, JetEnumerateColumns, JetBeginTransaction, JetDelete, JetCommitTransaction, JetRollback, JetDeleteTable, JetSetSystemParameter
gdi32.dll
Ellipse, GetClipBox, GetDeviceCaps, GetStockObject, RestoreDC, SaveDC, CreatePatternBrush, CreateBitmap, PatBlt, CreateDIBSection, StrokeAndFillPath, EndPath, CreatePen, BeginPath, CreateRectRgn, LineTo, MoveToEx, CreateSolidBrush, ExcludeClipRect, SelectClipRgn, GetClipRgn, CombineRgn, SetBkColor, CreateRectRgnIndirect, StretchBlt, BitBlt, SetTextColor, SetBkMode, SelectObject, DeleteObject, CreateCompatibleBitmap, SetViewportOrgEx, CreateCompatibleDC, GetDIBColorTable, DeleteDC, PolylineTo, SetDIBColorTable
gdiplus.dll
GdiplusShutdown, GdiplusStartup, GdipCreateBitmapFromStream, GdipGetImagePixelFormat, GdipGetImageWidth, GdipGetImagePaletteSize, GdipGetImagePalette, GdipBitmapLockBits, GdipBitmapUnlockBits, GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0, GdipCloneImage, GdipAlloc, GdipFree, GdipDisposeImage, GdipGetImageGraphicsContext, GdipDeleteGraphics, GdipDrawImageI, GdipGetImageHeight
kernel32.dll
GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetStartupInfoA, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetCommandLineA, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetOEMCP, GetStdHandle, LCMapStringA, RtlUnwind, CreateThread, ExitThread, GetLogicalDrives, ExitProcess, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, CreateWaitableTimerA, SetWaitableTimer, WaitForMultipleObjects, ResumeThread, TlsSetValue, OpenEventA, TlsGetValue, LoadResource, TlsAlloc, GetThreadLocale, GetLocaleInfoA, GetACP, VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, LocalAlloc, SetFileTime, LockFileEx, HeapSize, UnmapViewOfFile, GetTimeFormatA, CreateFileA, FormatMessageA, HeapReAlloc, GetDiskFreeSpaceA, UnlockFileEx, GetTickCount, GetDateFormatA, LoadLibraryA, GetStringTypeA, GetUserDefaultLCID, EnumSystemLocalesA, IsValidLocale, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleA, GetConsoleOutputCP, SetEnvironmentVariableA, SetLastError, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, LeaveCriticalSection, InterlockedExchange, FreeLibrary, InitializeCriticalSection, GetCommandLineW, DeleteCriticalSection, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, QueryPerformanceFrequency, QueryPerformanceCounter, MulDiv, WriteFile, FlushFileBuffers, LocalFree, GetVersion, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GlobalAlloc, SetFilePointer, ReadFile, DeviceIoControl, SetFilePointerEx, GetCompressedFileSizeW, GetFullPathNameA, DeleteFileA, AreFileApisANSI, HeapValidate, LockFile, HeapCreate, GetTempPathA, UnlockFile, GetFileAttributesA, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetCurrentProcessId, HeapDestroy, lstrcmpA, SetEndOfFile, lstrlenA, MoveFileExW, SystemTimeToFileTime, GetSystemTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, GetTimeZoneInformation, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FindClose, GetUserDefaultLangID, SetErrorMode, Sleep, GetCurrentThread, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, OutputDebugStringA, BackupSeek, GetLocalTime, GetModuleFileNameA, GetVersionExA, GlobalMemoryStatus, GetSystemInfo, BackupRead, GetFileSize, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsBadReadPtr, VirtualProtect, GetModuleHandleA, CompareStringA, MapViewOfFile, LockResource, SizeofResource, GetLastError, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateEventA, WaitForSingleObject, GetCurrentProcess, ResetEvent, OpenProcess, FlushInstructionCache, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, CloseHandle, HeapAlloc, SetEvent, TlsFree, TerminateProcess, ReleaseSemaphore, SetThreadPriority, GetProcessTimes, DllMain
netapi32.dll
NetLocalGroupGetMembers, NetApiBufferFree
ole32.dll
OleInitialize, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, OleUninitialize, ReleaseStgMedium, OleDuplicateData, RevokeDragDrop, CoTaskMemRealloc, DoDragDrop, CoInitializeSecurity, PropVariantClear, CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoSetProxyBlanket, CLSIDFromString, CoInitializeEx, CoCreateInstance, RegisterDragDrop, CreateStreamOnHGlobal
rpcrt4.dll
UuidFromStringA
shlwapi.dll
PathRemoveArgsW, PathUnquoteSpacesW, PathFindExtensionW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, SHStrDupW, PathRemoveExtensionA, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathAddExtensionW, PathStripToRootW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathCompactPathW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathStripPathW, PathIsURLW, PathMatchSpecW, PathFileExistsW, PathAppendW, PathCreateFromUrlW, PathStripPathA, PathIsUNCW, PathIsRelativeW, PathFindFileNameW, StrRetToStrW, PathIsDirectoryEmptyW, PathCombineW, PathSkipRootW, PathGetDriveNumberW
user32.dll
IsWindow, SetWindowPos, EndDialog, GetParent, GetWindow, GetDesktopWindow, UnregisterClassA, SetClipboardData, CharLowerA, CloseClipboard, EmptyClipboard, OpenClipboard, ExitWindowsEx, WaitForInputIdle, MonitorFromWindow, CallNextHookEx, UnhookWindowsHookEx, GetWindowThreadProcessId, GetMenuItemID, SystemParametersInfoA, GetWindowPlacement, GetSystemMetrics, GetNextDlgTabItem, PostQuitMessage, IsZoomed, SetActiveWindow, LockWindowUpdate, SetMenuDefaultItem, GetComboBoxInfo, AdjustWindowRectEx, GetMenu, GetScrollPos, ScrollWindowEx, SetScrollInfo, SetScrollPos, GetScrollInfo, BringWindowToTop, GetCursorPos, GetMessagePos, KillTimer, UpdateWindow, SetRectEmpty, MoveWindow, DispatchMessageA, SetCursorPos, GetSysColorBrush, IsWindowEnabled, GetMessageA, TrackPopupMenu, IsChild, CreatePopupMenu, DestroyMenu, ChildWindowFromPoint, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, EnableMenuItem, GetSystemMenu, GetDlgCtrlID, TranslateMessage, DestroyWindow, GetIconInfo, DrawEdge, SetTimer, DrawFocusRect, DestroyCursor, DestroyIcon, FrameRect, FillRect, ScreenToClient, CopyRect, GetFocus, GetKeyState, GetSysColor, OffsetRect, InflateRect, ReleaseDC, GetDC, GetWindowDC, SetCursor, PtInRect, EndPaint, SetRect, ReleaseCapture, BeginPaint, WindowFromPoint, InvalidateRect, ClientToScreen, RedrawWindow, SetCapture, GetCapture, GetActiveWindow, SetFocus, IsIconic, EnumWindows, SetForegroundWindow, OpenIcon, ShowWindow, IsWindowVisible, GetWindowRect, GetDlgItem, MapWindowPoints, GetClientRect, GetForegroundWindow, GetDlgItemInt, IsDlgButtonChecked, DrawFrameControl, SendMessageTimeoutW, EnumDisplaySettingsW, GetMonitorInfoW, LoadStringW, DrawTextExW, UnregisterClassW, CharLowerW, LoadBitmapW, GetDlgItemTextW, SetLayeredWindowAttributes, DeleteMenu
wintrust.dll
WinVerifyTrust
wtsapi32.dll
WTSFreeMemory, WTSQuerySessionInformationW

ccleaner.exe

CCleaner by Piriform Ltd (Signed)

Remove ccleaner.exe
Version:   3, 24, 0, 1850
MD5:   a5062ea164067050f2dfa9dca98ca63a
SHA1:   854df894aead97ab2408534f9f7d6524d07b63cf
SHA256:   7caa5f6722c3007326cc2daf04f9d01aaa9f4817298588e65db88f8f73ef572a

What is ccleaner.exe?

CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner), developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. CCleaner supports the cleaning of temporary or potentially unwanted files left by certain programs. CCleaner can be employed to uninstall programs. In addition, CCleaner allows the alteration of start-up programs.

About ccleaner.exe (from Piriform Ltd)

CCleaner is our system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces

DetailsDetails

File name:ccleaner.exe
Publisher:Piriform Ltd
Product name:CCleaner
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe
File version:3, 24, 0, 1850
Size:3.01 MB (3,157,856 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Piriform Ltd
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Expiration date:Thursday, August 22, 2013
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

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BehaviorsBehaviors

Scheduled tasks
  • The task 'CCleanerSkipUAC' runs in the path '\CCleanerSkipUAC'
  • Entry path '\CCleanerSkipUAC'
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'ccleaner' → "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe" /AUTO
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Programmer\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00668946%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00301509%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00367438%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,719 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:180,836/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:5.27 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):14.94 MB
Private (minimum):2.5 MB
Non-paged memory:5.27 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:109.3 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):117.23 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.5 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):22.73 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:8,440/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:205 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:14 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:570 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:20/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:3
12
Handles:171
600
GUI GDI count:129
103
GUI GDI peak:150
142
GUI USER count:62
49
GUI USER peak:71
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\ccleaner\ccleaner.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.00%
Windows 7 Professional 9.50%
Windows 8.1 7.00%
Windows 8 Pro 5.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.00%
Windows 8 5.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.50%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 1.00%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.00%
Windows Vista Business 1.00%
Windows 7 Starter 0.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 37.88% of CCleaner.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 19.85%
Dell 18.38%
Hewlett-Packard 15.81%
Toshiba 12.50%
Acer 10.29%
Lenovo 8.09%
Sony 5.88%
Intel 3.68%
GIGABYTE 2.57%
Samsung 1.10%
Compaq 0.74%
MSI 0.74%
American Megatrends 0.37%
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