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pareto_pc.exe
ParetoLogic Privacy Controls by ParetoLogic Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 3.2.0.0 |
| MD5: | c3d9a0a66ffef176a1839f7f08781e01 |
| SHA1: | 5f331782d9bc1e2d97ac3c28010da23c77793367 |
| SHA256: | 5013d978037e4cf79a8ae841fcf21715229aa7fd4d824f10a998b335669021a0 |
About pareto_pc.exe (from ParetoLogic Inc.)
“What secrets could your PC tell? Your computer records and stores every action and piece of data received. Anyone with access to your computer can view your Internet activities and all files, includin”
Overview
pareto_pc.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). This is typically installed with the program ParetoLogic Privacy Controls published by ParetoLogic, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by ParetoLogic Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | pareto_pc.exe |
| Publisher: | ParetoLogic Inc. |
| Product name: | ParetoLogic Privacy Controls |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\paretologic\privacy controls\pareto_pc.exe |
| File version: | 3.2.0.0 |
| Product version: | 3.2.0.18 |
| Size: | 1.97 MB (2,061,424 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/23/2013 2:53 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | ParetoLogic Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, February 23, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, February 23, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Any person who has access to your computer can view your Internet activities and all files, including pictures, music, and video entries, both permanent and temporary. ParetoLogic Privacy Controls provides complete shredding and elimination of confidential information. Featuring full support to thoroughly clean all files related to Internet Explorer, VLC, Skype, DivX, Bit Torrent and many others.”
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Privacy Controls_{207C5EE7-4488-11E3-BE90-F0BF976881C3}' runs weekly in the path '\Privacy Controls_{207C5EE7-4488-11E3-BE90-F0BF976881C3}'
- The task 'Privacy Controls Startup' runs on logon in the path '\Privacy Controls Startup'
- The job 'Privacy Controls_{D3120670-C916-11E2-B089-1C75087C6519}' runs weekly in the path '\Privacy Controls_{D3120670-C916-11E2-B089-1C75087C6519}'
- The task 'ParetoLogic Privacy Controls_{4EBE2D30-8653-11E2-A64B-0021859A7B38}' runs weekly in the path '\ParetoLogic Privacy Controls_{4EBE2D30-8653-11E2-A64B-0021859A7B38}'
- Entry path '\ParetoLogic Privacy Controls Startup'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\Privacy Controls Startup'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.03372419% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01881045% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01491374% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 547 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 18.71 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 19.43 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.1 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 18.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 207.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 292.94 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.7 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 42.15 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 406 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 75 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 79 | |
| GUI USER count: | 127 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 134 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| Pareto_PC.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.08499556% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03845037% | |
| User CPU: | 0.04654519% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,391,014/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.01 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00207325% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00207325% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 28,397/sec | |
| Memory: | 292 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
57.14% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.29% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
14.29% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
14.29% |
|
Distribution by country
India installs about 57.14% of ParetoLogic Privacy Controls.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
66.67% |
|
| Toshiba |
16.67% |
|
| Dell |
16.67% |
|
