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40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
PCTHHook.exe
PCTechHotline by Crawler (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.0.1 |
| MD5: | 907c1b4d1c17586df4471338b34331e5 |
| SHA1: | 390008c42fa54caff1e140881d11044f236be3d9 |
Overview
pcthhook.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
pctechhotline.exe (PCTechHotline by Crawler). This is typically installed with the program PC Tech Hotline published by Crawler, LLC and is most likely removed by most users once installed (74% removed). The file is digitally signed by Crawler which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 8.1 (6.2.9200.0).
Details
| File name: | pcthhook.exe |
| Publisher: | Crawler, LLC |
| Product name: | PCTechHotline |
| Description: | PCTechHotline Hook Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\pcthhook.exe |
| File version: | 3.0.0.1 |
| Product version: | 3.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 62.85 KB (64,360 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/4/2014 6:43 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Crawler |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, November 26, 2013 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, January 25, 2017 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“You may order the Service by submitting a service plan order through the PC Tech Hotline website or by calling PC Tech Hotline. Once PC Tech Hotline accepts the service plan order submitted by you, then you will receive an email from PC Tech Hotline at the email address that you provide or have provided to PC Tech Hotline as part of the registration process for the Service. PC Tech Hotline is not responsible for rendering Services in co...”
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009852% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003284% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006568% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 384,880/sec | |
| Context switches: | 8/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 824 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.76 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.19 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 824 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 42.87 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 42.87 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.21 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.76 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,136/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 1 | |
| Handles: | 49 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 12 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 13 | |
| GUI USER count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 6 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 |
100.00% |
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Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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