Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Search Safer Inc. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
pcmax.exe
By Search Safer Inc. (Signed)
| MD5: | 8dd5fc9d12e463c2bccee9628e4e94b8 |
| SHA1: | 02f18375ef776089296105d8ed756ba018d84df9 |
Overview
pcmax.exe runs as a service under the name pcmaxservice Service (pcmaxservice) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Search Safer Inc. which was issued by the DigiCert Inc certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8.1 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
| File name: | pcmax.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pcmax\pcmax.exe |
| Size: | 235.69 KB (241,344 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/29/2014 7:02 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Search Safer Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, February 10, 2016 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'pcmaxservice' (pcmaxservice Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00008216% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004815% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003400% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 531 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,765/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.11 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.3 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.46 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.11 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 82.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 89.66 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.01 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.33 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,892/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 51 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 220 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\pcmax\pcmax.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | pcmaxservice |
| Display name: | pcmaxservice Service |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
Threads
Averages
| wow64win.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007366% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002833% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004533% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,072/sec | |
| Memory: | 416 KB | |
| pcmax.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001133% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000567% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000567% | |
| CPU cycles: | 143/sec | |
| Memory: | 248 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
|
