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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

3, 1, 4, 0 4.17%
3, 1, 4, 0 4.17%
3, 1, 3, 0 75.00%
3, 1, 0, 1 4.17%
3.0.0.0 12.50%

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Import table
7zipdll.dll
CreateObject, GetNumberOfFormats, GetHandlerProperty2, GetNumberOfMethodsDLL, GetMethodProperty, SetLargePageMode
advapi32.dll
RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegisterEventSourceA, ReportEventA, DeregisterEventSource, CreateWellKnownSid, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, OpenProcessToken, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, SetSecurityInfo, GetSecurityInfo, RegSetKeySecurity, AllocateAndInitializeSid, ConvertSidToStringSidW, FreeSid, RegGetKeySecurity, GetSidIdentifierAuthority, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetSidSubAuthority, CopySid, RegEnumKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, RegEnumKeyW, SetEntriesInAclW, RegCreateKeyW, RegOpenKeyW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, OpenThreadToken, GetTokenInformation, RegQueryValueW, RegQueryValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, LookupAccountNameW, GetFileSecurityW, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetAclInformation, GetLengthSid, InitializeAcl, GetAce, EqualSid, AddAce, AddAccessAllowedAce, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, SetFileSecurityW, GetUserNameW, RegDeleteKeyW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, LookupAccountSidW
comctl32.dll
ImageList_GetIconSize, InitCommonControlsEx, ImageList_Draw
comdlg32.dll
GetFileTitleW
crypt32.dll
CertGetNameStringW
gdi32.dll
GetClipBox, SaveDC, SetPixelV, GetTextFaceW, EnumFontFamiliesExW, GetSystemPaletteEntries, GetNearestPaletteIndex, SetPaletteEntries, ExtFloodFill, GetViewportOrgEx, GetBoundsRect, FrameRgn, FillRgn, PtInRegion, GetWindowOrgEx, GetTextColor, GetPaletteEntries, CreatePalette, Rectangle, SetPixel, StretchBlt, RealizePalette, GetDIBits, SetDIBColorTable, CreateRoundRectRgn, GetTextCharsetInfo, EnumFontFamiliesW, CreateDIBitmap, OffsetRgn, GetRgnBox, GetTextMetricsW, Polygon, Polyline, GetBkColor, CreatePolygonRgn, Ellipse, CreateEllipticRgn, CopyMetaFileW, PatBlt, CombineRgn, SetRectRgn, CreateRectRgnIndirect, CreateHatchBrush, GetDCOrgEx, SelectPalette, CreateBitmap, ExtSelectClipRgn, ScaleWindowExtEx, SetWindowExtEx, OffsetWindowOrgEx, SetWindowOrgEx, ScaleViewportExtEx, SetViewportExtEx, OffsetViewportOrgEx, SetViewportOrgEx, GetPixel, CreateRectRgn, SelectClipRgn, SetTextAlign, MoveToEx, LineTo, IntersectClipRect, ExcludeClipRect, SetMapMode, CreatePen, GetObjectW, GetCurrentObject, SetTextColor, SetBkColor, DeleteObject, DeleteDC, GetTextExtentPoint32W, SelectObject, CreateDCW, CreateSolidBrush, CreateFontIndirectW, GetDeviceCaps, BitBlt, PtVisible, RectVisible, TextOutW, ExtTextOutW, Escape, CreateCompatibleDC, LPtoDP, CreateCompatibleBitmap, GetMapMode, GetWindowExtEx, GetViewportExtEx, DPtoLP, CreateDIBSection, GetStockObject, CreatePatternBrush, GetObjectType, GetBitmapBits, GetObjectA, CreateDCA, SetPolyFillMode, SetROP2, RoundRect, RestoreDC, SetBkMode, SetLayout, GetLayout
gdiplus.dll
GdipCloneBrush, GdipDeleteBrush, GdipCreateSolidFill, GdipDeleteGraphics, GdipCreateFromHDC, GdipGetImageWidth, GdipGetImageHeight, GdipDrawImageRectRect, GdipSetImageAttributesColorMatrix, GdipSetLineWrapMode, GdipDisposeImageAttributes, GdipCreateImageAttributes, GdipLoadImageFromFile, GdipCloneImage, GdipDisposeImage, GdipSetSmoothingMode, GdipDeleteFont, GdipGraphicsClear, GdipDrawImage, GdipCreateStringFormat, GdipDeleteStringFormat, GdipSetStringFormatAlign, GdipSetStringFormatLineAlign, GdipSetStringFormatTrimming, GdipMeasureString, GdipDeleteFontFamily, GdipGetFamily, GdipCreateFont, GdipGetFontUnit, GdipGetFontStyle, GdipGetFontSize, GdipGetFontHeight, GdipDrawString, GdipCreateLineBrushFromRectI, GdipFillRectangleI, GdipCreateFromHWND, GdipCreateBitmapFromFile, GdipDrawLineI, GdipCreatePen1, GdipDeletePen, GdipDrawImageRectI, GdipSetStringFormatFlags, GdipSetPixelOffsetMode, GdipSetTextRenderingHint, GdipDrawImageRect, GdipCreatePath, GdipDeletePath, GdipAddPathLine2I, GdipCreateMatrix2, GdipDeleteMatrix, GdipCreateMatrix, GdipScaleMatrix, GdipTransformPath, GdipGetPathWorldBounds, GdipTranslateMatrix, GdipAddPathPolygonI, GdipAddPathLineI, GdipAddPathPath, GdipDrawPath, GdipFillPath, GdipDrawRectangle, GdipCreateHICONFromBitmap, GdipGetDC, GdipAlloc, GdipFree, GdipDrawImageI, GdipBitmapUnlockBits, GdipBitmapLockBits, GdipCreateBitmapFromStreamICM, GdipCreateBitmapFromStream, GdipGetImagePalette, GdipGetImagePaletteSize, GdipGetImagePixelFormat, GdipCombineRegionRect, GdipClonePath, GdipGetImageGraphicsContext, GdipAddPathArcI, GdipReleaseDC, GdiplusStartup, GdiplusShutdown, GdipSetInterpolationMode, GdipAddPathEllipseI, GdipSetLineBlend, GdipCreateFontFromLogfontW, GdipCreateFontFromDC, GdipCreateRegionPath, GdipResetClip, GdipSetClipRegion, GdipSetClipPath, GdipSetClipRect, GdipDrawImageRectRectI, GdipFillEllipse, GdipDrawEllipse, GdipCreatePathGradientFromPath, GdipAddPathEllipse, GdipAddPathRectangle, GdipAddPathArc, GdipAddPathLine, GdipClosePathFigure, GdipSetStringFormatHotkeyPrefix, GdipCreateLineBrushFromRectWithAngle, GdipCreateLineBrushFromRect, GdipDeleteRegion, GdipSetPathGradientFocusScales, GdipSetPathGradientBlend, GdipSetPathGradientCenterPoint, GdipSetPathGradientSurroundColorsWithCount, GdipGetPathGradientPointCount, GdipSetPathGradientCenterColor, GdipCreatePen2, GdipFillRectangle, GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0, GdipCreateBitmapFromHBITMAP
imm32.dll
ImmReleaseContext, ImmGetContext, ImmGetOpenStatus
iphlpapi.dll
GetAdaptersInfo, GetAdaptersAddresses
kernel32.dll
DllMain
litezip.dll
ZipAddFileW, ZipClose, ZipCreateFileW, ZipAddBufferW
mpr.dll
WNetGetUserW
msimg32.dll
TransparentBlt, AlphaBlend
ole32.dll
OleUninitialize, OleInitialize, CoInitialize, StringFromGUID2, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeSecurity, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, IsAccelerator, OleTranslateAccelerator, OleDestroyMenuDescriptor, OleCreateMenuDescriptor, OleLockRunning, CoRegisterMessageFilter, CoRevokeClassObject, CreateILockBytesOnHGlobal, StgCreateDocfileOnILockBytes, StgOpenStorageOnILockBytes, CoGetClassObject, OleGetClipboard, OleFlushClipboard, OleIsCurrentClipboard, DoDragDrop, RevokeDragDrop, CoLockObjectExternal, RegisterDragDrop, CLSIDFromProgID, CoFreeUnusedLibraries, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, OleDuplicateData, CoTaskMemAlloc, ReleaseStgMedium, CLSIDFromString, CoCreateGuid, OleDraw
oleacc.dll
AccessibleObjectFromWindow, LresultFromObject, CreateStdAccessibleObject
oledlg.dll
OleUIBusyW
psapi.dll
GetProcessMemoryInfo
rpcrt4.dll
RpcStringFreeW, UuidToStringW, UuidCreateSequential
setupapi.dll
SetupFindNextLine, SetupCloseInfFile, SetupFindFirstLineW, SetupFindNextMatchLineW, SetupGetLineTextW, SetupEnumInfSectionsW, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList, SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo, SetupDiGetClassDescriptionW, SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceIdW, SetupOpenInfFileW
shell32.dll
SHGetFileInfoW, ShellExecuteExW, Shell_NotifyIconW, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHBrowseForFolderW, SHGetSpecialFolderPathW, ShellExecuteW, SHFileOperationW, DragQueryFileW, DragFinish, SHGetDiskFreeSpaceExW, SHEmptyRecycleBinW, SHQueryRecycleBinW, SHAppBarMessage, SHGetMalloc, SHGetSpecialFolderLocation, SHGetDesktopFolder
shfolder.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathStripPathW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathGetCharTypeW, PathUnquoteSpacesW, PathFindExtensionW, PathFileExistsW, PathAppendW, SHDeleteKeyW, PathAddBackslashW, PathIsNetworkPathW, PathFindOnPathW, PathFindFileNameW, PathStripToRootW, PathIsUNCW, StrFormatByteSizeW, PathRemoveFileSpecW
user32.dll
DllMain
version.dll
GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, VerQueryValueW
wininet.dll
InternetCloseHandle, InternetReadFile, HttpQueryInfoW, HttpSendRequestW, HttpAddRequestHeadersW, InternetQueryDataAvailable, InternetGetLastResponseInfoW, InternetSetStatusCallbackW, InternetSetFilePointer, InternetWriteFile, InternetOpenW, InternetConnectW, HttpOpenRequestW
winmm.dll
PlaySoundW, timeGetTime
winspool.drv
OpenPrinterW, ClosePrinter, DocumentPropertiesW
wintrust.dll
WinVerifyTrust, WTHelperGetProvSignerFromChain, WTHelperGetProvCertFromChain, CryptCATAdminCalcHashFromFileHandle, CryptCATAdminAcquireContext, CryptCATAdminEnumCatalogFromHash, CryptCATCatalogInfoFromContext, CryptCATAdminReleaseContext, WTHelperProvDataFromStateData
ws2_32.dll
WSAConnect, WSASocketW, WSACloseEvent, FreeAddrInfoW, WSAEnumNetworkEvents, WSAResetEvent, WSASend, WSAEventSelect, WSASetEvent, WSACreateEvent, WSARecv, WSAGetOverlappedResult, GetAddrInfoW

pcha.exe

PC Health Advisor by ParetoLogic Inc. (Signed)

Remove pcha.exe
Version:   3, 1, 4, 0
MD5:   4ca241ca92dc446d5449442fd463c219
SHA1:   3e6d17dbd6712ef96d11ee835619262d3418a70f
SHA256:   68ba0b8cd9853e8bfedb6fe4521ddf5f149329037267a923af4cd782689e84af

What is pcha.exe?

ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor is a Windows tune-up program that provides a number of features with the intention to increase PC performance. Tools include a startup manager to add and remove various startup programs, and a file cleaner to remove temporary, log and other unneeded files.

About pcha.exe (from ParetoLogic Inc.)

There are so many ways for your computer to slow down and lose performance power. Until now, optimizing your PC by addressing each of these factors took advanced technical knowledge, a variety of comp

DetailsDetails

File name:pcha.exe
Publisher:ParetoLogic, Inc.
Product name:PC Health Advisor
Description:ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\paretologic\pcha\pcha.exe
Original name:PCO.exe
File version:3, 1, 4, 0
Product version:3.1.4.12
Size:4.59 MB (4,812,048 bytes)
Build date:2/5/2013 10:46 PM
Certificate
Issued to:ParetoLogic Inc.
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

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The following program will install this file
ParetoLogic, Inc.
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ParetoLogic PC Health Advisor is a Windows tune-up program that provides a number of features with the intention to increase PC performance. Tools include a startup manager to add and remove various startup programs, and a file cleaner to remove temporary, log and other unneeded files.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Scheduled tasks
  • The task 'PC Health Advisor' runs weekly in the path '\PC Health Advisor'
  • Entry path '\PC Health Advisor Defrag'
  • Entry path '\PC Health Advisor'
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 62539

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.04982648%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.02505165%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.02477484%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:82,181 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:7,238,646/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:85.43 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):104.92 MB
    Private (minimum):69.52 MB
    Non-paged memory:85.43 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:240.09 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):256.16 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:72.74 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):113.55 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:874,160/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:528.84 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:23/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:0 Bytes/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:1/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:27.65 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:3,342/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:15
    12
    Handles:956
    600
    GUI GDI count:536
    103
    GUI GDI peak:545
    142
    GUI USER count:414
    49
    GUI USER peak:420
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:High
    Platform:32-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\paretologic\pcha\pcha.exe" -defrag
    Owner:User
    Parent process:taskeng.exe (Task Scheduler Engine by Microsoft)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    PCHA.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:17.01029052%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:5.98819484%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:11.02209568%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:295,888,843/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:187/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:4.64 MB
    1.16 MB
    WINMM.dll
    Total CPU:0.00806943%
    Kernel CPU:0.00403471%
    User CPU:0.00403471%
    CPU cycles:105,972/sec
    Memory:200 KB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00397776%
    Kernel CPU:0.00397776%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:35,553/sec
    Context switches:2/sec
    Memory:1.23 MB
    gdiplus.dll
    Total CPU:0.00397718%
    Kernel CPU:0.00397718%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:6,138/sec
    Memory:1.56 MB

    Common loaded modules

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

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 7 Ultimate 75.00%
    Windows 7 Home Premium 12.50%
    Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
    Windows Vista Home Premium 4.17%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    Australia installs about 45.45% of PC Health Advisor.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Hewlett-Packard 100.00%
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