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fasternow.exe

Baidu PC Faster by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. (Signed)

Remove fasternow.exe
Version:   4,0,1,55145
MD5:   b2c06b6b37eb112d3a2eabb1d6e0f76d
SHA1:   a4a7f1dd31a2aa1a8dac5dc41182c4990c3b9f1a

Overview

fasternow.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent pcfastersvc.exe (Baidu PC Faster by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co.). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Baidu PC Faster published by Baidu, Inc., Baidu PC Faster from Baidu, Inc. and Baidu PC Faster by Baidu, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8.1 (6.2.9200.0).

DetailsDetails

File name:fasternow.exe
Publisher:Baidu Inc.
Product name:Baidu PC Faster
Description:FasterNow
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\4.0.0.0\fasternow.exe
File version:4,0,1,55145
Size:473.48 KB (484,848 bytes)
Build date:12/30/2013 6:28 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Baidu, Inc.
  65% remove
The software is typically bundled with third party installers such as Open Candy. "Offer your users a free system maintenance and utility suite to help them get the most out of their PC’s performance."

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00815710%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00476391%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00339319%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:68,188 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:21,921,248/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:1,500/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:11.08 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):19.2 MB
Private (minimum):672 KB
Non-paged memory:11.08 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:123.75 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):174.79 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:8.05 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):19.34 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,074,649/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:4.57 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:4 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:8.15 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:153/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:13
12
Handles:513
600
GUI GDI count:192
103
GUI GDI peak:200
142
GUI USER count:42
49
GUI USER peak:46
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\4.0.0.0\fasternow.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:pcfastersvc.exe (Baidu PC Faster by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co.)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
FasterNow.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.27024276%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.13970621%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.13053655%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:11,847,233/sec
5,741,424/sec
Context switches:159/sec
79/sec
Memory:496 KB
1.16 MB
datareport.dll (Baidu PC Faster by Baidu)
Total CPU:0.00498577%
Kernel CPU:0.00176914%
User CPU:0.00321662%
CPU cycles:9,328,841/sec
Context switches:508/sec
Memory:304 KB
WINMM.dll
Total CPU:0.00253593%
Kernel CPU:0.00152156%
User CPU:0.00101437%
CPU cycles:10,601,454/sec
Context switches:194/sec
Memory:128 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 8.1 100.00%

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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