natspeak.exe
Dragon NaturallySpeaking by Nuance Communications (Signed)
Warning 5 antivirus scanners has detected malware in various versions of natspeak.exe.
Overview
natspeak.exe has 6 known versions, the most recent one is 11.50.100.092. natspeak.exe is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. When the program is installed, it will add a shortcut pointer in the Start Menu which will execute the file as a process upon a user login. The average file size is about 3.55 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Nuance Communications by the certification authority VeriSign. Numerous variations of natspeak.exe have been installed with both Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 111.03 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 161.26 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 140 Bytes per minute for reads and 473 Bytes per minute for writes.
What is natspeak.exe?
Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows PCs. NaturallySpeaking uses a minimal user interface. As an example, dictated words appear in a floating tooltip as they are spoken, and when the speaker pauses, the program transcribes the words into the active window at the location of the cursor.
About natspeak.exe (from Nuance Communications)
“Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon NaturallySpeaking that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to ”
Details |
File name: | natspeak.exe |
Publisher: | Nuance Communications, Inc. |
Product name: | Dragon NaturallySpeaking |
Description: | Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\nuance\naturallyspeaking11\program\natspeak.exe |
Original name: | natspeak |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Nuance Communications |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Wednesday, February 6, 2008 |
Expiration date: | Tuesday, June 7, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking .)
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Nuance Communications Inc. |
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“Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Home provides a whole new way to interact with a PC--using speech instead of a keyboard and mouse. Just say words and they appear on the computer screen--three times faster...”
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Nuance Communications Inc. |
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“With Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Standard, a user can talk to the computer and watch the spoken words instantly appear in documents, email and instant messages. Users can even surf the Web just by spe...”
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of natspeak.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- Entry path '\{B54AA09E-70D7-44F0-B60D-DBAEA8A2D010}'
- Entry path '\{AF932576-3015-43EA-976E-8726B86F10C6}'
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
- Shortcut to 'natspeak.exe'
Malware detections
Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 5 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engine | Engine version | Detection | File version |
ByteHero |
1.0.0.1 |
Trojan.Win32.Heur.Gen |
11.50.100.092 |
Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.0.0 |
PUA.Packed.Armadillo |
10.10.000.078 |
Clam AntiVirus |
0.97.3.0 |
PUA.Packed.Armadillo |
11.00.200.049 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.18.4 |
Trojan.Regrun.jjv |
11.50.100.039 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.18.2 |
Trojan.Regrun.jjv |
11.50.100.092 |
All file variations of natspeak.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.14% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
28.57% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
14.29% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 85.71% of Dragon NaturallySpeaking .
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
88.89% |
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Acer |
11.11% |
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