Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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pg_ctl.exe
PostgreSQL by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
| Version: | 8.3.18 |
| MD5: | be20748e56e54b55970222fe81b84a07 |
| SHA1: | 8a403a37163c59ccd1fa8fd1c64bc12d1fa9b41b |
Overview
pg_ctl.exe runs as a service under the name PostgreSQL Server 8.3 (postgresql-8.3) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This particular version is usually found on Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608).
Details
| File name: | pg_ctl.exe |
| Publisher: | PostgreSQL Global Development Group |
| Product name: | PostgreSQL |
| Description: | pg_ctl - starts/stops/restarts the PostgreSQL server |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\postgresql\8.3\bin\pg_ctl.exe |
| File version: | 8.3.18 |
| Size: | 64 KB (65,536 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'postgresql-8.3' (PostgreSQL Server 8.3)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003637% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002866% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000771% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 172 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.82 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.99 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 34.52 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 38.89 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.82 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 5.82 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,565/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 7 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: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 80 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/bin/pg_ctl.exe" runservice -n "postgresql-8.3" -d "C:/Program Files/postgresql/8.3/data" -w |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | postgresql-8.3 |
| Display name: | PostgreSQL Server 8.3 |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001047% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001047% | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
| pg_ctl.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000524% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000524% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| Memory: | 84 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
100.00% |
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