Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

11.2.09170.0	86.21%
11.0.8268.0	10.34%
11.0.8252.0	3.45%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

kernel32.dll

LoadLibraryW, GetLastError, GetCurrentDirectoryW, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, SetEnvironmentVariableA, CompareStringW, FlushFileBuffers, CreateFileA, WriteConsoleW, GetConsoleOutputCP, WriteConsoleA, SetStdHandle, GetLocaleInfoA, GetStringTypeW, GetStringTypeA, LCMapStringA, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, LCMapStringW, VirtualAlloc, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetDateFormatA, GetTimeFormatA, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, VirtualFree, HeapCreate, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetStdHandle, ExitProcess, GetModuleHandleW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetStartupInfoA, GetCommandLineA, RtlUnwind, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TerminateProcess, GetProcessHeap, HeapSize, LocalAlloc, LocalFree, InterlockedExchange, LoadLibraryA, RaiseException, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, CloseHandle, InterlockedIncrement, ReleaseMutex, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThreadId, WriteFile, SetEndOfFile, SetFilePointer, lstrlenA, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, SizeofResource, LockResource, LoadResource, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, LocalFileTimeToFileTime, TlsAlloc, WaitForMultipleObjects, GetCurrentProcess, GetCurrentThread, GetSystemInfo, GetModuleFileNameA, SetLastError, GetCurrentProcessId, ReadFile, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, CompareStringA, GetModuleHandleA, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc

shell32.dll

SHGetSpecialFolderPathW

shlwapi.dll

PathCombineW, PathFileExistsW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathAppendW, UrlCanonicalizeW, PathAddBackslashW

user32.dll

GetSystemMetrics

nmctxth.exe

Pure Networks Platform by Cisco-Linksys LLC (Signed)

Remove nmctxth.exe

Version:	11.0.8268.0
MD5:	d6633a7a634e6803cb13543808b4c935
SHA1:	4331970dafaa504bd8ef45849590913bd2026c61
SHA256:	2cfd4996a42c6c09271470406eeb8d1cd279a33a27599f338e19a30404f3d80e

Overview

nmctxth.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). The file is digitally signed by Cisco-Linksys LLC which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	nmctxth.exe
Publisher:	Cisco Systems, Inc.
Product name:	Pure Networks Platform
Description:	Pure Networks Platform Assistant
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\common files\pure networks shared\platform\nmctxth.exe
File version:	11.0.8268.0
Size:	627.79 KB (642,856 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Cisco-Linksys LLC
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Monday, May 18, 2009
Expiration date:	Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

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

'nmctxth' → "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Pure Networks Shared\Platform\nmctxth.exe"

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00239529%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00149233%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00090296%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	9,469 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	2,076,483/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	6.91 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	13.61 MB
Private (minimum):	9.48 MB
Non-paged memory:	6.91 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	93.74 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	106.64 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	10.81 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	19.53 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	310,470/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	199 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	84 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	121 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	131/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	270	600
GUI GDI count:	10	103
GUI GDI peak:	11	142
GUI USER count:	7	49
GUI USER peak:	10	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\common files\pure networks shared\platform\nmctxth.exe"
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

RPCRT4.dll
Total CPU:	0.07974513%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.04674715%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.03299799%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	1,030,986/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	776 KB	1.16 MB
wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00338821%
Kernel CPU:	0.00079448%
User CPU:	0.00259373%
CPU cycles:	99,513/sec
Context switches:	1/sec
Memory:	252 KB
nmctxth.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00075878%
Kernel CPU:	0.00031523%
User CPU:	0.00044355%
CPU cycles:	17,128/sec
Memory:	656 KB
ole32.dll
Total CPU:	0.00010555%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00010555%
CPU cycles:	1,708/sec
Memory:	1.27 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	51.72%
Windows 7 Ultimate	20.69%
Windows Vista Home Premium	17.24%
Microsoft Windows XP	6.90%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	3.45%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 81.48% of Pure Networks Platform.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Toshiba	36.36%
Dell	30.30%
Hewlett-Packard	18.18%
GIGABYTE	9.09%
Acer	6.06%

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