Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

2, 0, 50, 8	30.43%
2, 0, 50, 6	39.13%
2, 0, 50, 5	30.43%

KeNotify.exe

KeNotify Application by Compal Electronics (Signed)

Remove KeNotify.exe

Version:	2, 0, 50, 6
MD5:	15e7db66d11cc100dc96c6ee8d97f520
SHA1:	13d2d1f99e6ebddcd4086a031ea9d74c669e6b45
SHA256:	db0c03a7f7ae1465c5e780ca6d7bf4ed143842abcd096a7f61b98e3e99e666f5

Overview

kenotify.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 TOSHIBA Supervisor Password published by TOSHIBA Corporation, TOSHIBA Hardware Setup from TOSHIBA Corporation and TOSHIBA Hardware Setup by TOSHIBA Corporation. The file is digitally signed by Compal Electronics which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	kenotify.exe
Publisher:	TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Product name:	KeNotify Application
Description:	KeNotify MFC Application
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\toshiba\utilities\kenotify.exe
File version:	2, 0, 50, 6
Size:	33.36 KB (34,160 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Compal Electronics
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, May 19, 2008
Expiration date:	Saturday, June 13, 2009
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Programs

The following programs will install this file

TOSHIBA Contrasena de supervisor

6% remove

Toshiba Book Place

K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.

2% remove

“With Book Place, heroes are mightier. Adventures are grander. Love is sweeter. And stories are richer with interactive experiences that bring books to life through incredible sound, color and video. Travel books can virtually take you places. Bedtime stories become fun learning tools, animated with your child's favorite characters. With Book Place, you don't just read a book.”

TOSHIBA Supervisor Password

TOSHIBA Corporation

25% remove

The Supervisor password is something that can only be set by someone using the computer.

TOSHIBA Hardware Setup

TOSHIBA Corporation

27% remove

The TOSHIBA HWSetup program is a tool that allows you to configure your computer. The TOSHIBA HWSetup utility is an application designed in to provide a simple means of managing and configuring some installed TOSHIBA hardware on TOSHIBA laptops. The utility enables you to choose the internal LCD or the external monitor to be used at system startup as well as the boot priority. With HWSetup programs users can activate the 'Wake-up on Key...

TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility

TOSHIBA Corporation

10% remove

The Toshiba Flash Cards Support Utility is an program designed to provide a means of enabling support the built in flash card port on various Toshiba laptop models. It is typically pre-installed with new Toshiba laptops. It provides software that enabled detection of an inserted flashcard and interacts with Windows to perform seledcted option when a card is added (or removed). Microsoft Windows however has built in generic support for f...

TOSHIBA Supervisorkennwort

TOSHIBA Corporation

12% remove

“The TOSHIBA Supervisor Password utility adds additional password security to your Toshiba computer equipped with Windows 8 pre-installed. This allows you to control the user passwords and access. Refer to your Owner's Manual for complete details. If this utility or feature is not installed on your computer, you can verify if it is available for your specific model under "Downloads" on the TOSHIBA support web site (support.toshiba.com...”

TOSHIBA Mot de passe responsable

TOSHIBA Corporation

10% remove

TOSHIBA Supervisorwachtwoord

TOSHIBA Corporation

5% remove

TOSHIBA Password supervisore

TOSHIBA Corporation

9% remove

“The TOSHIBA Password utility adds additional password security to your Toshiba computer. After registering a user password, you will be required to input it when booting the computer or starting the Password Utility. Refer to your Owner's Manual for complete details.”

TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator Reminder

TOSHIBA Corporation

68% remove

“There may come a time when you would either need or simply want to "start over" with the software image on your computer. This "start over" (or "Recovery") will restore the software on your computer back to its original factory condition. The down side of this process is that you will LOSE ALL DATA and programs that were not preinstalled at the factory. There are several ways to perform the recovery process. One method is to use CD or ...”

TOSHIBA HWSetup

TOSHIBA Corporation

8% remove

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'KeNotify' → C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\KeNotify.exe

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00040062%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00020101%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00019961%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,136 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	149,756/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	1/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	8.77 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.98 MB
Private (minimum):	3.14 MB
Non-paged memory:	8.77 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	72.4 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	75.74 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	4.11 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.99 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	3,675/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	2.24 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	59 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	27/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	1	12
Handles:	47	600
GUI GDI count:	13	103
GUI GDI peak:	15	142
GUI USER count:	16	49
GUI USER peak:	17	71