pctsgui.exe
By PC Tools (Signed)
| Version: | 8.0.0.655 |
| MD5: | 73a1bd4330d5f26b0c4c7a916de12f3f |
| SHA1: | cf172bce8e14e3a9a2a858d9d233acffd8c75df8 |
| SHA256: | 68f7b23052ada9f42478c2522f231a72c9915d1e6db3f95a18569538601dfdee |
What is pctsgui.exe?
PC Tools GUI Application for PC Tools Security.
About pctsgui.exe (from PC Tools)
“PC Tools Security is a full antivirus and antispyware package designed to protect from known viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats while defending against spyware, adware, bots, keyloggers and oth”
Details
| File name: | pctsgui.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Tools |
| Description: | PC Tools GUI Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pc tools security\pctsgui.exe |
| File version: | 8.0.0.655 |
| Product version: | 8.0 |
| Size: | 1.53 MB (1,600,984 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Tools |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Behavior Guard, built on ThreatFire?s patent-pending ActiveDefense technology, intelligently scans and analyzes computer processes to accurately detect and block any malicious activity when you simply add the plug-in. Spyware Doctor is a spyware remover and provides real-time protection against spyware, adware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, spyware cookies, adbots, spybots, browser hijackers, and phishing attacks. Spyware Doctor is easy to...”
PC Tools Internet Security is a personal firewall. The program is a two-way firewall, monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic from a computer. It is a paid software designed for Windows 7 (32-/64-bit), Windows Vista (32-/64-bit) and Windows XP (32-bit).
“As part of Symantec's commitment to your online protection, we are streamlining our product range to offer you fewer, better solutions. ”
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ISTray' → "C:\Program Files\PC Tools Security\pctsGui.exe" /hideGUI
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00078929% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00039794% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00039135% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 967 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 626,498/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 34.68 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.32 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.16 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 34.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 173.45 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 193.07 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.16 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 20.47 MB | |
| Page faults: | 622,186/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.71 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 909 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 13/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.97 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 83/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 9 | |
| Handles: | 334 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 780 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 784 | |
| GUI USER count: | 304 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 311 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\pc tools security\pctsgui.exe" /hidegui |
| Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
| pctsGui.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00155306% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00078295% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00077011% | |
| CPU cycles: | 242,213/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.55 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002598% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002598% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 126/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.67 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
60.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
20.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
20.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of pctsgui.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
