Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

7, 0, 3, 8	4.17%
7, 0, 3, 4	4.17%
7, 0, 3, 3	4.17%
6, 0, 2, 1	4.17%
6, 0, 2, 0	20.83%
6, 0, 1, 4	25.00%
6, 0, 1, 4	4.17%
5, 4, 2, 2	4.17%
5, 4, 1, 7	4.17%
5, 4, 1, 6	4.17%
5, 4, 0, 8	12.50%
5, 3, 2, 6	4.17%
4, 2, 0, 2	4.17%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

lenovoemexpandedapi.dll (Lenovo Energy Management Software 7.0 by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited)

Energy Management.exe

Lenovo Energy Management Software 6.0 by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Signed)

Remove Energy Management.exe

Version:	6, 0, 1, 4
MD5:	df75b7c369e61ef2f945b7766eabb6cd
SHA1:	eb5db639ed328e6bf46ed1891778a01e01cb547b
SHA256:	7e26c503b99aae1988d8af2a8f475dad4756b566fdf2d7b43c02a0d55d88ff16

Overview

energy management.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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 Energy Management published by Lenovo and Energy Management published by Lenovo. The file is digitally signed by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	energy management.exe
Publisher:	Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
Product name:	Lenovo Energy Management Software 6.0
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\lenovo\energy management\energy management.exe
File version:	6, 0, 1, 4
Size:	8.53 MB (8,943,520 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, December 7, 2009
Expiration date:	Saturday, January 7, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

Energy Management

Lenovo

23% remove

Lenovo’s Energy Management interface tool allows user-modification of system settings to make better use of available energy when running mobile versus stationary. Function also allows you to set options for screen brightness, CPU speed and other features which might impact mobile run time.

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'Energy Management' → C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Energy Management\Energy Management.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00179177%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00096700%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00082477%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	4,720,820 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	142,911/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	5.64 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	11.76 MB
Private (minimum):	3.25 MB
Non-paged memory:	5.64 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	96.94 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	103.33 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.5 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	11.77 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	15,358/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	904 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	410 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	19/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	4	12
Handles:	196	600
GUI GDI count:	138	103
GUI GDI peak:	154	142
GUI USER count:	25	49
GUI USER peak:	55	71

Process properties

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

Threads

Averages

Energy Management.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00693488%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00627057%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00066431%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	212,085/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	79/sec
Memory:	8.54 MB	1.16 MB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:	0.00055561%
Kernel CPU:	0.00037041%
User CPU:	0.00018520%
CPU cycles:	22,110/sec
Context switches:	2/sec
Memory:	1.56 MB
perfdisk.dll
Total CPU:	0.00000792%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000792%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	47/sec
Memory:	40 KB