pcfaster.exe
Baidu PC Faster by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. (Signed)
Overview
pcfaster.exe has 15 known versions, the most recent one is 4,0,7,71382. pcfaster.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. It also provides a graphical interface (GUI) for the user to interact with it and contains an icon in the Windows notifictaion system tray (near the clock). During installation, a run registry key for all users is added that will cause the program to run each time any user logs on to Windows. The average file size is about 1.59 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. by the certification authority VeriSign. Some variations of the file have been seen to be installed with the program Baidu PC Faster from Baidu, Inc.. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 21.61 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 28.98 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 67.89 KB per minute for reads and 5.22 KB per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | pcfaster.exe |
Publisher: | Baidu Inc. |
Product name: | Baidu PC Faster |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\pcfaster.exe |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Baidu PC Faster.)
The software is typically bundled with third party installers such as Open Candy. "Offer your users a free system maintenance and utility suite to help them get the most out of their PC’s performance....
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of pcfaster.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Baidu PC Faster 4.0.0.0' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\4.0.0.0\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'Baidu PC Faster 3.7.0.0' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\3.7.0.0\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'Baidu PC Faster 3.2.0.25' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\3.2.0.25\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'Baidu PC Faster 3.2.0.29' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\3.2.0.29\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'Baidu PC Faster 3.0.0.4' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\3.0.0.4\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'Baidu PC Faster 1.18.0.9' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\1.18.0.9\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
- 'BaiduPCFaster' → "C:\Program Files\Baidu Security\PC Faster\PCFaster.exe" -auto -start
All file variations of pcfaster.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
32.61% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
26.09% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
19.57% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
6.52% |
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Windows 8 Pro |
4.35% |
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Windows 8 Single Language |
2.17% |
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Windows 8.1 |
2.17% |
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Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
2.17% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.17% |
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Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.17% |
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Distribution by country
Thailand installs about 36.96% of Baidu PC Faster.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Acer |
26.47% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
11.76% |
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GIGABYTE |
11.76% |
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Compaq |
11.76% |
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Intel |
11.76% |
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Lenovo |
5.88% |
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ASUS |
5.88% |
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MSI |
5.88% |
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Toshiba |
5.88% |
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American Megatrends |
2.94% |
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