googlepinyindaemon.exe
Google Pinyin IME by Google Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.1.98 | 
| MD5: | 59de9ef5e3b0e0935889f86abc66e593 | 
| SHA1: | f743105aa8e5958aa3af6999087e44eb5f75173a | 
What is googlepinyindaemon.exe?
Google Pinyin IME  is an input method developed by Google China Labs. 
Overview
googlepinyindaemon.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Google Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | googlepinyindaemon.exe | 
| Publisher: | Google Inc. | 
| Product name: | Google Pinyin IME | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\google\google pinyin 3\googlepinyindaemon.exe | 
| File version: | 3.0.1.98 | 
| Size: | 1.77 MB (1,854,008 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Google Inc | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Sunday, February 21, 2010 | 
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET | 
| .NET CLR: | Yes | 
| .NET NGENed: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Google Pinyin Daemon' runs on logon in the path '\Google Pinyin Daemon'
- Entry path '\Google Pinyin Daemon'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Google Pinyin Daemon'
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 53942
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00024341% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00014718% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00009623% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 3,572 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 363,998/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 7.84 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 1.66 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 356 KB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 7.84 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 108 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 122.31 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 596 KB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 16.13 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 488,952/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 97 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 5 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 1.74 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 47/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 10 |  | 
| Handles: | 392 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 12 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 13 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 4 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 7 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | High | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\google\google pinyin 3\googlepinyindaemon.exe" | 
| Owner: | User | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| ntdll.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00430772% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00400122% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00030650% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 108,544/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.66 MB |  | 
| WININET.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00005835% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005835% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 22,970/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.36 MB |  | 
 
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 50.00% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Single Language | 16.67% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 16.67% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 16.67% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
Malaysia installs about 50.00% of Google Pinyin IME.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 33.33% |  | 
| ASUS | 33.33% |  | 
| Sony | 33.33% |  |