netgeargenie.exe
By NETGEAR (Signed)
Overview
There are 2 versions of netgeargenie.exe in the wild, the latest version being . netgeargenie.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 1018.54 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to NETGEAR by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0018% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 62.32 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 791.48 KB per minute for reads and 3.85 KB per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | netgeargenie.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\netgear genie\bin\netgeargenie.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NETGEAR |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, September 19, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of netgeargenie.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'NETGEARGenie' → "C:\Program Files\NETGEAR Genie\bin\NETGEARGenie.exe" -mini -redirect
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR Genie\bin\NETGEARGenie.exe'
All file variations of netgeargenie.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
26.32% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
26.32% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.79% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
10.53% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.53% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.26% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
5.26% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 84.21% of netgeargenie.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
42.86% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
28.57% |
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| GIGABYTE |
14.29% |
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| Alienware |
14.29% |
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