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VersionsAdditional versions

7.0.302.0 9.09%
7.0.302.0 1.70%
6.0.316.0 5.68%
6.0.316.0 7.39%
6.0.314.0 0.57%
6.0.308.0 5.11%
6.0.308.0 6.82%
6.0.306.0 5.11%
6.0.306.0 1.70%
6.0.115.0 RC 0.57%
6.0.115.0 RC 1.70%
5.2.7.0 11.93%
5.2.7.0 3.98%
5.2.7.0 0.57%
5.2.15.0 2.84%
5.2.15.0 1.70%
5.0.94.0 2.84%
5.0.94.0 0.57%
5.0.94.0 0.57%
5.0.93.7 1.70%
5.0.93.0 0.57%
5.0.93.0 1.70%
4.2.71.2 0.57%
4.2.71.2 1.70%
4.2.71.2 1.70%
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Relationships

Parent process
Related files

egui.exe

ESET Smart Security by ESET (Signed)

Remove egui.exe
Version:   5.0.93.0
MD5:   2489ae7f401e42b750e12d844aafe6af
SHA1:   0b2ec6d13d53972520a852c795b54976db5eb88b
SHA256:   092a8eafa910ccbc196e2a625261397e92135fc77e798020771e13997536430b

What is egui.exe?

ESET NOD32 Antivirus, commonly known as NOD32, is an antivirus software package from ESET. ESET's use of assembly language in its products contributes to their low system requirements and disk space utilization. ESET calls its scanning engine ThreatSense, and makes extensive use of generic signatures and heuristics.

About egui.exe (from ESET)

Protect your family with ESET’s complete Internet security suite, built on the award-winning ThreatSense antivirus and antispyware engine. Our proactive heuristic technology intercepts and eliminates

DetailsDetails

File name:egui.exe
Publisher:ESET
Product name:ESET Smart Security
Description:ESET GUI
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\eset\eset nod32 antivirus\egui.exe
File version:5.0.93.0
Size:2.93 MB (3,076,144 bytes)
Build date:8/9/2011 11:20 PM
Certificate
Issued to:ESET
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'egui' → "C:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 Antivirus\egui.exe" /hide /waitservice
Scheduled tasks
  • Entry path '\{AD794476-80F7-4EF2-AB8A-392BF5AC85C1}'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01301941%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00484617%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00817324%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:523 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:325,182/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.79 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):12.79 MB
Private (minimum):10.09 MB
Non-paged memory:4.79 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:93.81 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):106.38 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:10.97 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):12.99 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:10,956/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:4.11 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:193 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:14/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:9
12
Handles:172
600
GUI GDI count:223
103
GUI GDI peak:234
142
GUI USER count:82
49
GUI USER peak:90
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:32-bit
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
egui.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.02521159%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00941440%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.01579720%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:1,190,838/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:4/sec
79/sec
Memory:2.94 MB
1.16 MB
MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:0.00030208%
Kernel CPU:0.00030208%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:7,390/sec
Memory:620 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 43.18%
Microsoft Windows XP 22.16%
Windows 7 Home Premium 11.36%
Windows 8 Pro 7.39%
Windows 7 Professional 4.55%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 2.84%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.70%
Windows 8.1 N 1.14%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.14%
Windows 8.1 1.14%
Windows Vista Home Premium 1.14%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.57%
Windows 8 0.57%
Windows 8 Consumer Preview 0.57%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 0.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Ireland installs about 14.20% of ESET Smart Security.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 17.30%
Hewlett-Packard 15.14%
Dell 15.14%
Intel 11.89%
Lenovo 9.73%
Sony 8.65%
Acer 7.03%
Toshiba 6.49%
GIGABYTE 5.95%
Samsung 1.08%
American Megatrends 1.08%
Sahara 0.54%
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