CORESHREDDER.exe
File Sanitizer For HP Protect Tools by Hewlett-Packard
| Version: | 6.0.0.13 |
| MD5: | 92cd05e7c47a2c0a56864764b0021887 |
| SHA1: | caeaa4485f0ac855267cab1bab2abda5456f9a42 |
| SHA256: | 0408b6a39a4d539a5103182466bdc5c477d666898d900f427504b15b03f791a6 |
What is CORESHREDDER.exe?
Permanently delete files, folders and identity information from laptops and desktops to help protect users’ personal information.
Overview
coreshredder.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including File Sanitizer For HP ProtectTools published by Hewlett-Packard and HP ESU for Microsoft Windows 7 published by Hewlett-Packard.
Details
| File name: | coreshredder.exe |
| Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard |
| Product name: | File Sanitizer For HP Protect Tools |
| Description: | File Sanitizer for HP ProtectTools |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\file sanitizer\coreshredder.exe |
| File version: | 6.0.0.13 |
| Size: | 11.71 MB (12,277,248 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/9/2011 9:28 PM |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“File Sanitizer makes it easy to remove files that could be used to identify, contact or locate users. Choose manual or scheduled sanitizing, multiple levels of security and ensure free space is completely clear. Permanently delete files, folders and identity information from laptops and desktops to help protect users’ personal information. HP ProtectTools is a suite of security tools that lets you manage security for your entire fleet o...”
HP ESU stands for Essential System Updates.
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'File Sanitizer' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\File Sanitizer\CoreShredder.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005227% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005227% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 780,005 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.98 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.89 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.14 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 99.13 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 104.13 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.23 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.2 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 1 | |
| Handles: | 79 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 18 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 29 | |
| GUI USER count: | 11 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 15 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\file sanitizer\coreshredder.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
80.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
20.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 40.00% of File Sanitizer For HP Protect Tools.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
