nielsenupdate.exe
NielsenOnline by The Nielsen Company (US) (Signed)
Version: | 6.1.0.27r |
MD5: | 59f14ef209823104eadf2a3ca4bcbbe5 |
SHA1: | 479840e81363c1d2fdffa94e791664f6bd3a37fe |
Overview
nielsenupdate.exe runs as a service under the name Nielsen Update (NielsenUpdate) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program NCP Connect published by National Consumer Panel and is most likely removed by most users once installed (59% removed). The file is digitally signed by The Nielsen Company (US) which was issued by the Symantec Corporation certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8.1 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
File name: | nielsenupdate.exe |
Publisher: | The Nielsen Company |
Product name: | NielsenOnline |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\netratingsnetsight\netsight\nielsenupdate.exe |
File version: | 6.1.0.27r |
Product version: | 6.1.0.27 |
Size: | 2.72 MB (2,854,952 bytes) |
Build date: | 4/8/2014 3:38 AM |
Certificate |
Issued to: | The Nielsen Company (US) |
Authority (CA): | Symantec Corporation |
Effective date: | Wednesday, March 6, 2013 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“The National Consumer Panel is an operational joint venture between the two leading longitudinal consumer insights providers in the United States – IRi and Nielsen. By recruiting, incenting, and equipping a representative sample of U.S. consumers with handheld scanning devices as well as alternative methods of data collection, the National Consumer Panel provides the highest quality, actionable consumer data to support the needs of bot...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'NielsenUpdate' (Nielsen Update)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00076560% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00051469% | |
User CPU: | 0.00025091% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 641 ms/min | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 2.79 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 6.5 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 5.96 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 2.79 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 57.24 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 61.02 MB | |
Working set: | 6.45 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 7.41 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 5 | |
Handles: | 138 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\netratingsnetsight\netsight\nielsenupdate.exe" |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Windows Service |
Service name: | NielsenUpdate |
Display name: | Nielsen Update |
Description: | “Enables automatic application upgrades for Nielsen application.” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 8.1 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Toshiba |
100.00% |
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