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21387 75.00%
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advapi32.dll
RegEnumValueA, RegQueryInfoKeyA, RegEnumKeyA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegCreateKeyExA, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey
comctl32.dll
ImageList_Create, ImageList_Add, ImageList_GetImageCount, ImageList_GetIcon, ImageList_Destroy
gdi32.dll
DeleteObject
iphlpapi.dll
NotifyAddrChange
kernel32.dll
CreateProcessA, GlobalFree, WriteFile, CreateFileA, DeleteFileA, GetVersionExA, SleepEx, GetSystemInfo, GetTickCount, VirtualFree, CreateEventA, ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, GetCurrentThreadId, QueryPerformanceCounter, QueryPerformanceFrequency, GetCommandLineA, WaitForMultipleObjects, ReleaseSemaphore, CreateSemaphoreA, GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleW, SetEvent, QueueUserAPC, CreateThread, DebugBreak, IsDebuggerPresent, GetTempPathA, GetWindowsDirectoryA, Thread32Next, Thread32First, CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, OpenProcess, Process32Next, Process32First, GetExitCodeProcess, ResetEvent, VirtualQuery, GetShortPathNameA, GetTempPathW, LoadLibraryA, TerminateProcess, MoveFileExA, ReadFile, GetFileSize, SetFilePointer, CopyFileA, RemoveDirectoryA, MoveFileA, CreateDirectoryA, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, InterlockedDecrement, InitializeCriticalSection, GetLocaleInfoW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, CompareStringW, CompareStringA, IsBadCodePtr, IsBadReadPtr, IsValidCodePage, IsValidLocale, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, VirtualProtect, GetCurrentDirectoryA, FlushFileBuffers, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetFileAttributesA, GetTimeZoneInformation, HeapSize, SetStdHandle, IsBadWritePtr, HeapCreate, HeapDestroy, EnterCriticalSection, VirtualAlloc, LeaveCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, GetCurrentProcess, FormatMessageA, LocalFree, GetModuleFileNameA, InterlockedExchangeAdd, InterlockedCompareExchange, CloseHandle, CreateMutexA, GetLastError, GetOverlappedResult, Sleep, GetFileType, GetStdHandle, SetHandleCount, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TlsGetValue, GetCurrentProcessId, CreateFileW, TerminateThread, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, LoadLibraryW, CreateSemaphoreW, MultiByteToWideChar, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, SetLastError, TlsAlloc, LCMapStringW, LCMapStringA, GetCPInfo, GetStartupInfoA, GetFullPathNameA, FindFirstFileA, GetDriveTypeA, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, WideCharToMultiByte, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedExchange, FindClose, SetEndOfFile, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, ExitProcess, ExitThread, RaiseException, RtlUnwind, WaitForSingleObject
ole32.dll
OleInitialize, CoInitialize, CoCreateGuid
pthreadvse2.dll
pthread_mutex_init, pthread_mutex_lock, pthread_cond_signal, pthread_mutex_unlock, sem_post, pthread_getspecific, sem_wait, sem_timedwait, sched_yield, sem_init, pthread_once, pthread_getschedparam, pthread_setspecific, pthread_key_create, pthread_self
shell32.dll
Shell_NotifyIconA, ShellExecuteA
shlwapi.dll
SHDeleteKeyA, AssocQueryStringA, SHGetValueA
user32.dll
EnumWindows, GetWindowThreadProcessId, SetTimer, LoadImageA, EnumThreadWindows, PostQuitMessage, EndDialog, LoadStringA, TranslateMessage, GetMessageA, MsgWaitForMultipleObjects, PeekMessageA, MessageBoxA, DialogBoxParamA, GetDesktopWindow, PostThreadMessageA, DispatchMessageA, PostMessageA, SetWindowLongA, FindWindowExA, TrackPopupMenu, SetForegroundWindow, GetCursorPos, DefWindowProcA, GetWindowLongA, DestroyMenu, GetSubMenu, LoadMenuA, CreateWindowExA, RegisterClassA, DestroyWindow, SendMessageA, DestroyIcon
wininet.dll
InternetSetOptionA, InternetQueryOptionA, InternetGetConnectedStateEx
ws2_32.dll
WSACloseEvent, WSAResetEvent, WSACreateEvent, WSAWaitForMultipleEvents, WSASetEvent, WSARecv, WSASend

googlewebaccwarden.exe

Remove googlewebaccwarden.exe
MD5:   21387be4b70c89af035755461fab4152
SHA1:   027c3b708bffcb686fdf29a70f53e3fee5586fb4

Overview

googlewebaccwarden.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. This is typically installed with the program Google Web Accelerator published by Google Inc.

DetailsDetails

File name:googlewebaccwarden.exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\google\web accelerator\googlewebaccwarden.exe
Size:1.08 MB (1,134,592 bytes)
Build date:7/10/2007 8:15 AM
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Google Inc
11% remove
Google Web Accelerator was a web accelerator produced by Google. It used client software installed on the user's computer, as well as data caching on Google's servers, to speed up page load times by means of data compression, prefetching of content, and sharing cached data between users. Google Web Accelerator sent requests for web pages, except for secure web pages (HTTPS), to Google, which logged these requests. Some web pages embedde...

BehaviorsBehaviors

User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
  • Shortcut to 'googlewebaccwarden.exe'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01580278%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00333258%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.01247020%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:2,070 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:46/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.84 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.56 MB
Private (minimum):2.82 MB
Non-paged memory:4.84 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:71.97 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):74.49 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.99 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.23 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:3,926/min
2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:13
12
Handles:208
600
GUI GDI count:31
103
GUI GDI peak:44
142
GUI USER count:16
49
GUI USER peak:19
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\google\web accelerator\googlewebaccwarden.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8 Pro 50.00%
Microsoft Windows XP 25.00%
Windows Vista Ultimate 25.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of googlewebaccwarden.exe.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 33.33%
Compaq 33.33%
ASUS 33.33%
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