Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
(Note, Bit Cocktail Ltd. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
extensionupdaterservice.exe
By Bit Cocktail Ltd. (Signed)
| MD5: | b4ad333cd57136c2ba441424d30ba3f5 |
| SHA1: | 7c6db0ab2f65fc08b2ceb4af8ec13ab1c658dc28 |
| SHA256: | 551878f94faafb72ce2034c4af5ac8463e43ca1de08c0ec22ea978593d62db31 |
What is extensionupdaterservice.exe?
Bit Cocktail Web Assistant Updater is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
About extensionupdaterservice.exe (from Bit Cocktail Ltd.)
“Bitcocktail is home to a variety of products that provide an engaging and productive experience online. Bitcocktail features a variety of social and entertainment destinations like Vidzy, Playzy, Expr”
Details
| File name: | extensionupdaterservice.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\web assistant\extensionupdaterservice.exe |
| Size: | 184.34 KB (188,760 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Bit Cocktail Ltd. |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
The IB (IncrediBar) Updater Service is designed to keep the Perion IncrediBar web browser toolbar (and other related products) up to date. The IB Updater Service runs in the background and periodically connects to the IncrediBar servers. If an update is found it will automatically download and install updates for all Perion programs.
The program runs a background Windows service with full administrator privileges under one of the fol...
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 64013
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00094932% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00048145% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00046787% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 94 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 349,043/sec | |
| Context switches: | 11/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 9.91 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.95 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.91 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 9.91 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 58.05 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 61.76 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.96 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.27 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,493/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 25 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 144 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| ExtensionUpdaterService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00112478% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00053883% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00058595% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,085,293/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 204 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002332% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002332% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,006/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.47% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
20.59% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
17.65% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.76% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
8.82% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
5.88% |
|
| Windows 8 Release Preview |
5.88% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.94% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.38% of extensionupdaterservice.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
50.00% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
50.00% |
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