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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

1.3.24.15 3.41%
1.3.24.7 3.41%
1.3.22.5 1.14%
1.3.22.3 1.14%
1.3.21.165 15.34%
1.3.21.153 14.20%
1.3.21.149 2.27%
1.3.21.145 11.36%
1.3.21.135 21.59%
1.3.21.129 0.57%
1.3.21.123 23.30%
1.3.21.115 1.14%
1.3.21.111 1.14%

Relationships

Parent processes
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
GetSecurityDescriptorLength, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, MakeSelfRelativeSD, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, TraceEvent, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegisterTraceGuidsW, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegOpenKeyExW, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, GetLengthSid, RegQueryValueExW, CopySid, AddAce, IsValidSid, InitializeAcl, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, OpenProcessToken, EqualSid, GetTokenInformation, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetAce, GetAclInformation, MakeAbsoluteSD, OpenThreadToken, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, CheckTokenMembership, FreeSid, CreateProcessAsUserW
kernel32.dll
HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, GetStartupInfoW, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, VirtualAlloc, WriteFile, GetStdHandle, GetModuleFileNameA, GetModuleHandleA, GetProcAddress, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, InterlockedIncrement, SetLastError, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThread, ExitProcess, GetCPInfo, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, Sleep, GetModuleFileNameW, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, MultiByteToWideChar, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, GetCommandLineA, GetCommandLineW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, RtlUnwind, LoadLibraryA, GetLocaleInfoA, WideCharToMultiByte, FreeLibrary, InterlockedExchange, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, CreateEventW, CreateFileW, GetLocalTime, lstrcmpW, SetFilePointer, OutputDebugStringA, WaitForSingleObject, GetPrivateProfileIntW, lstrcmpiW, GetPrivateProfileStringW, OutputDebugStringW, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexW, ReadFile, GetFileAttributesExW, MoveFileExW, GetFileTime, FlushFileBuffers, GetEnvironmentVariableW, GetModuleHandleW, CreateDirectoryW, RemoveDirectoryW, HeapDestroy, LoadLibraryW, LocalFree, RegisterWaitForSingleObject, UnregisterWaitEx, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateProcessW, SetProcessWorkingSetSize, GetTempPathW, VirtualQuery, TryEnterCriticalSection, SetEvent, ResetEvent, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetVersionExW, lstrcpynW, VerSetConditionMask, VerifyVersionInfoW, ReadProcessMemory, GetThreadLocale, GlobalAlloc, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GlobalFree, GetProcessTimes, UnregisterWait, QueueUserWorkItem, DisconnectNamedPipe, CreateNamedPipeW, ConnectNamedPipe, GetOverlappedResult, WritePrivateProfileStringW, lstrlenW, CloseHandle, GetCurrentProcess, LoadResource, LockResource, DeleteFileW, SizeofResource, GetLastError, FindResourceExW, RaiseException, TerminateProcess, FindResourceW, CreateFileA, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, GetSystemInfo, VirtualProtect, GetCurrentThreadId, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DuplicateHandle, GetVersionExA, OpenProcess, WaitForMultipleObjects, DeviceIoControl, CreateThread, GetComputerNameExW, GetSystemDefaultLangID, GetUserDefaultLangID, WaitNamedPipeW, TransactNamedPipe, SetNamedPipeHandleState, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreW, RtlCaptureContext, DllMain, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, DebugActiveProcess, GetThreadContext, DebugActiveProcessStop, VirtualQueryEx, GetProcessId, ContinueDebugEvent, WaitForDebugEvent, EncodePointer, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DecodePointer, HeapSetInformation
netapi32.dll
NetApiBufferFree, NetWkstaGetInfo
ole32.dll
StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathCanonicalizeW, PathIsRelativeW, PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, SHQueryValueExW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathStripPathW
user32.dll
UnregisterClassA, wvsprintfW, CloseClipboard, SetClipboardData, EmptyClipboard, OpenClipboard, wsprintfW, MessageBoxW, CharLowerW, GetMessageW, PeekMessageW, DispatchMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, EnumWindows, IsWindowVisible, GetWindowThreadProcessId, CharUpperW
userenv.dll
UnloadUserProfile, CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, GetFileVersionInfoW, VerQueryValueW

googlecrashhandler.exe

Google Update by Google Inc (Signed)

Remove googlecrashhandler.exe
Version:   1.3.21.135
MD5:   becdda0990debd72a30096533521ad73
SHA1:   30aa43b6d65364a44ec287c45f330a1b0deb77bf
SHA256:   3a14dbb6c243ad5e77ec816a12abaab9594ca68d6452b039f6ff3d4e957ddf18

What is googlecrashhandler.exe?

GoogleCrashHandler.exe is a Google application which is automatically installed on your PC when you install many of the Google applications such as the Google Toolbar or Google Chrome. This program sends anonymous usage data and crash reports to Google.

About googlecrashhandler.exe (from Google Inc)

To make sure that you're protected by the latest security updates, Google Chrome automatically updates whenever it detects that a new version of the browser is available. The update process happens in

DetailsDetails

File name:googlecrashhandler.exe
Publisher:Google Inc.
Product name:Google Update
Description:Google Crash Handler
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.115\googlecrashhandler.exe
Original name:GoogleUpdate.exe
File version:1.3.21.135
Size:208.38 KB (213,384 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Google Inc
Authority (CA):Thawte
Expiration date:Sunday, November 9, 2014
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00258010%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00178996%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00079014%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:409,512 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:15,334/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.88 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):1.86 MB
Private (minimum):486.92 KB
Non-paged memory:1.88 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:44.74 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):49.45 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.3 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.64 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:6,390/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:57 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:11 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:17 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:3/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:140
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI GDI peak:4
142
GUI USER count:1
49
GUI USER peak:1
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\google\update\1.3.21.135\googlecrashhandler.exe"
  • "C:\users\user\appdata\local\google\update\1.3.21.135\googlecrashhandler.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent processes:

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
GoogleCrashHandler.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00065410%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00050547%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00014862%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:6,341/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:228 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00027939%
Kernel CPU:0.00026114%
User CPU:0.00001825%
CPU cycles:5,037/sec
Memory:1.23 MB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:0.00011037%
Kernel CPU:0.00011037%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:663/sec
Memory:276 KB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:0.00004821%
Kernel CPU:0.00004821%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:1,235/sec
Memory:360 KB
wow64cpu.dll
Total CPU:0.00003350%
Kernel CPU:0.00000000%
User CPU:0.00003350%
CPU cycles:815/sec
Memory:32 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 Home Premium 32.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 17.71%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.43%
Windows 8 Pro 8.57%
Windows 7 Professional 8.00%
Windows 8 4.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium 2.86%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 2.86%
Windows Vista Ultimate 1.71%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 1.14%
Windows 8.1 1.14%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Starter 1.14%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.14%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 1.14%
Windows 8 Release Preview 1.14%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.57%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 0.57%
Windows Vista Business 0.57%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.57%
21 other Windows OS version

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 47.65% of Google Update.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 25.15%
Hewlett-Packard 19.76%
Toshiba 13.17%
Acer 11.38%
ASUS 10.78%
Intel 4.79%
Sony 4.79%
Compaq 2.40%
Samsung 1.80%
GIGABYTE 1.80%
Gateway 1.20%
Lenovo 1.20%
MSI 1.20%
American Megatrends 0.60%
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