HD-BlockDevice.exe
BlueStacks by Bluestack Systems (Signed)
| Version: | 0.7.8.829 |
| MD5: | a3a72e188cb78ce630cd70c9612cf81a |
| SHA1: | 709048a088e72f246be3dd274215ebf6ec0e33c2 |
| SHA256: | 2b81d665e4adf980206eca47484bfc9a247e8378966849b3461ef5e46c3dbcaa |
Overview
hd-blockdevice.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
hd-service.exe (BlueStacks by Bluestack Systems). It is installed with a couple of know programs including BlueStacks App Player published by BlueStack Systems, Inc., BlueStacks App Player from BlueStack Systems, Inc. and BlueStacks App Player by BlueStack Systems, Inc..
Details
| File name: | hd-blockdevice.exe |
| Publisher: | BlueStack Systems |
| Product name: | BlueStacks |
| Description: | BlueStacks Block Device Helper Process |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\bluestacks\hd-blockdevice.exe |
| File version: | 0.7.8.829 |
| Size: | 254.37 KB (260,472 bytes) |
| 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 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“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.”
1Mobile Market is a mobile app that can run on the BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player lets you run apps from your phone fast and fullscreen on Windows.
“BlueStacks App Player lets you run apps from your phone fast and fullscreen on Windows and Mac. BlueStacks helps PC manufacturers to ride the Android momentum by enabling Android Apps to be run on x86 based ultrabooks, tablets, netbooks, notebooks, hybrid and all-in-one devices with a Windows operating system. The seamless user experience, simultaneous use of Windows apps with Android apps, and multi-touch enablement are built on groun...”
This adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups.
These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products.
Once infected by this common symptoms include:
- Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
- Web pages bec...
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01293796% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01122439% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00171357% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 9,126,893 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,664,482/sec | |
| Context switches: | 7/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.15 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.33 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.31 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.15 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 29.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 32.79 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.31 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.01 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,138/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 8.6 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 555/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 8.76 MB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1,574/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 7.22 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 49 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
46.67% |
|
| Windows 8 |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
13.33% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.67% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 33.33% of BlueStacks.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
23.53% |
|
| Toshiba |
23.53% |
|
| Acer |
17.65% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
11.76% |
|
| Lenovo |
11.76% |
|
| MSI |
11.76% |
|
