HD-Agent.exe
BlueStacks by Bluestack Systems (Signed)
| Version: | 0.8.5.3042 |
| MD5: | d755ce09ea290edce0ef6371ab75f27d |
| SHA1: | e1fca15e2ac44ae7f9c0749ae6d60effbb5154ba |
Overview
hd-agent.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). It is installed with a couple of know programs including BlueStacks App Player published by BlueStack Systems, Inc., BlueStacks Notification Center from BlueStack Systems, Inc. and BlueStacks Notification Center by BlueStack Systems, Inc.. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Bluestack Systems which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hd-agent.exe |
| Publisher: | BlueStack Systems, Inc. |
| Product name: | BlueStacks |
| Description: | BlueStacks Agent |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\bluestacks\hd-agent.exe |
| File version: | 0.8.5.3042 |
| Size: | 792.77 KB (811,792 bytes) |
| Build date: | 1/20/2014 7:52 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Bluestack Systems |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, February 3, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, March 21, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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“BlueStacks is the first production software that allows you to use your favorite mobile apps on a Windows PC. You can download apps like Angry Birds Space, Temple Run, Evernote or Documents to Go directly into BlueStacks, or sync the apps from your phone using the BlueStacks Cloud Connect Android app.”
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Features:
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Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'BlueStacks Agent' → C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-Agent.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012689% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00010401% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002288% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 87,392 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,548,720/sec | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 33.49 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 29.55 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 10.43 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 33.49 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 244.13 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 247.57 MB | |
| Working set: | 10.92 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 29.61 MB | |
| Page faults: | 35,794/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 59 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 953 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 3/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.05 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 196/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 22 | |
| Handles: | 657 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 41 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 49 | |
| GUI USER count: | 27 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 39 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\bluestacks\hd-agent.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| HD-Agent.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00487242% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00351821% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00135421% | |
| CPU cycles: | 177,940/sec | |
| Memory: | 800 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00028215% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00019087% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009129% | |
| CPU cycles: | 71,367/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
44.44% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.81% |
|
| Windows 8 |
14.81% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
11.11% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.41% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
3.70% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
3.70% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 29.63% of BlueStacks.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
22.86% |
|
| Toshiba |
22.86% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.43% |
|
| Intel |
11.43% |
|
| Acer |
8.57% |
|
| Dell |
5.71% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.71% |
|
| MSI |
5.71% |
|
| Sony |
5.71% |
|
