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1.16.6866.4367 0.90%
1.15.6556.8063 3.62%
1.15.6464.0228 0.45%
1.14.6059.0644 4.52%
1.13.5782.0599 2.26%
1.12.5329.1887 12.22%
1.11.4865.2530 5.88%
1.10.4769.0632 7.69%
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1.8.4357.4863 11.31%
1.7.4018.3496 24.43%
1.6.3837.2778 16.74%
1.5.3654.0684 3.17%
1.2.3123.0250 0.45%

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googledrivesync.exe

Google Drive by Google Inc (Signed)

Remove googledrivesync.exe

Overview

There are 14 versions of googledrivesync.exe in the wild, the latest version being 1.16.6866.4367. googledrivesync.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 18.45 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Google Inc by VeriSign. The programs Google Drive, Google Talk Plugin and Windows Live Mesh ActiveX Control for Remote Connections have been observed as installing specific variations of googledrivesync.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0039% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 27.07 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 31.64 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 204.37 KB per minute for reads and 875.28 KB per minute for writes.

What is googledrivesync.exe?

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service and is now the home of Google Docs, a suite of productivity applications, that offer collaborative editing on documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. For Google Drive to synchronize files on the user's computer in the cloud, the Google Drive client software must be running on the user's computer. The client will communicate with the Google Drive online, and ensure that files are synchronized.

About googledrivesync.exe (from Google Inc)

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DetailsDetails

File name:googledrivesync.exe
Publisher:Google
Product name:Google Drive
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\google\drive\googledrivesync.exe
Certificate
Issued to:Google Inc
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Thursday, November 13, 2014

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BehaviorsBehaviors

(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of googledrivesync.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'GoogleDriveSync' → "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive\googledrivesync.exe" /autostart

VersionsAll file variations of googledrivesync.exe

MD5SHA-1File size
24a773cc15cfb166b155e082bebcd4f1 238142464d8bf91529b03b42c638ea781ebbf9e3 23.34 MB
648584cdd57a2392993ec4155d1c09e2 d2a441a09db49930761b1cea8851a2b796fb3f30 21.38 MB
98d82cc4492390b7e1a5e8d55acc9081 4ae288e385d8556f89d119b309f37f7eeab05b98 21.38 MB
a4c98fd0eb19815374011c929b7d728a 284ae5aaa5345c44187ab9ac3c48c196b85ed631 20.81 MB
1d35a47798f2a17a3c4010dec372839d 42986f9b516f16772b514e48b4274e3ed3e2aa94 19.27 MB
c3c077a40b42178b33a40e2d3d1bed3f 4be74c50936ace4c7a33a084e1dda940fd3d5863 19.2 MB
713e4bdec84f31374339cd4494a2ff15 dd86ecb77653e735a3baf27fc0d825cd189c0f72 19.17 MB
2678604575ae727de44949742e84069d 87fde78ef83c7108b73a25e9ddaa68c62359db38 18.76 MB
d9edc964e0478b08bcf3a04f67526d36 77b8fb86a7b1097f433373b7ca328190c7129786 18.75 MB
3d710201e462bf75843cfdf7ea83928b 8e2c920671a394a30ce87269676c190aafcef5d9 18.46 MB
ece9413226d1c6778a9ee4dfc199c1d4 268d14276b9536d387d616fa8b8ecfa6835cd807 15.57 MB
60be19ad6ec442a26e3ca6238dd321d4 a05b828593ee32b08c418b5766f98b0165a263e6 15.33 MB
41dc259afdaa349050aeb9fcc994a378 afcf0f24af7238c2425806e248ce467797995cfa 15.31 MB
f40cdb6ccf04a79601855d9591c64f1f 218783ce1aebb6907a7b92eded46eadc94a50c96 11.6 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.48%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.38%
Windows 7 Professional 11.31%
Windows 8 Pro 9.50%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.33%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 4.98%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.17%
Windows 8 2.26%
Windows 8.1 2.26%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 1.36%
Windows 8 Single Language 1.36%
Windows 8 Enterprise 1.36%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 1.36%
Windows 7 Starter 1.36%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.36%
Windows Vista Home Basic 1.36%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 0.45%
Windows 8.1 Pro 0.45%
Windows 8 Pro N 0.45%
Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation 0.45%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 47.47% of Google Drive.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 26.40%
Dell 21.35%
Toshiba 17.98%
Acer 9.55%
Sony 6.74%
Samsung 5.06%
ASUS 4.49%
American Megatrends 3.37%
GIGABYTE 2.25%
Alienware 1.69%
MSI 1.12%
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