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
Parent process
Related files
pcreg.exe
By Search Safer Inc. (Signed)
| MD5: | a4e412a386ff2d1f4f647ec07b28e436 |
| SHA1: | e9c06b8421dd704152d8e2b22e096340818707aa |
Overview
pcreg.exe runs as a service under the name pcregservice Service (pcregservice) 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).
Details
| File name: | pcreg.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pcreg\pcreg.exe |
| Size: | 33.07 KB (33,864 bytes) |
| Build date: | 3/13/2014 3:57 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Search Safer Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, March 12, 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)
- 'pcregservice' (pcregservice Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000538% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000176% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000363% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 696/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.71 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.18 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.07 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.71 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 74.54 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 79.52 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.2 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.98 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,243/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 103 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\pcreg\pcreg.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | pcregservice |
| Display name: | pcregservice Service |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of pcreg.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
66.67% |
|
| Toshiba |
33.33% |
|
