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60% of PCs block this file from running.
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PhotoJoy.exe
PhotoJoy by IncrediMail Ltd. (Signed)
| Version: | 2, 0, 6, 1222 |
| MD5: | 83879a6b794212cb5c67e34f97b20e43 |
| SHA1: | bf6023d0aaa134c452815bd351ee1c9181923efc |
| SHA256: | 1d0ebbaf8690c661b693238a03a954a1c80f3372bae71a320a9e85e5ce08cb5c |
What is PhotoJoy.exe?
PhotoJoy is a free downloadable application that uses your photos to produce desktop widgets, 3D photo screensavers and wallpaper collages. PhotoJoy installs the PhotoJoy Bar Community Toolbar which is a toolbar by Conduit (OurToolbar) which is integrated into Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox.
About PhotoJoy.exe (from IncrediMail Ltd.)
“PhotoJoy turns your photos into amazing 3D Screensavers, Collages, Desktop Wallpaper and Photo Widgets and it is totally free. PhotoJoy brings your photos to life by displaying them on your desktop in”
Overview
photojoy.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). This is typically installed with the program PhotoJoy published by Perion Network Ltd.. The file is digitally signed by IncrediMail Ltd. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | photojoy.exe |
| Publisher: | IncrediMail, Ltd. |
| Product name: | PhotoJoy |
| Description: | PhotoJoy Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\photojoy\bin\photojoy.exe |
| File version: | 2, 0, 6, 1222 |
| Size: | 1.01 MB (1,054,080 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | IncrediMail Ltd. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, August 16, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
The Software allows Users to manage their desktop wallpapers, collages (personalized wallpapers), screensavers and PhotoToys (3D photo objects for your desktop). It bundles the PhotoJoy Toolbar as part of the installation process. From the EULA: "During the installation process IncrediMail will offer you to accept IncrediMail’s search service as your default search service, to set IncrediMail’s search service web page as your home page...
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PhotoJoy' → C:\Program Files\PhotoJoy\bin\PhotoJoy.exe /c
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 64935
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 4.58704529% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 3.38294590% | |
| User CPU: | 1.20409939% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 591 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 112/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 20.41 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 32.54 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 32.52 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 20.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 154.99 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 156 MB | |
| Working set: | 32.54 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 32.54 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 26 | |
| Handles: | 679 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 390 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 404 | |
| GUI USER count: | 146 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 170 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| PhotoJoy.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 2.16809018% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 1.58993280% | |
| User CPU: | 0.57815738% | |
| CPU cycles: | 53,569,257/sec | |
| Context switches: | 74/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.02 MB | |
| mshtml.dll (Windows Internet Explorer by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.06180107% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03090054% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03090054% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,433,822/sec | |
| Context switches: | 8/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.71 MB | |
| flash10x.ocx (Shockwave Flash by Adobe Systems) |
| Total CPU: | 0.03126412% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03126412% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 151,895/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 6.18 MB | |
| WININET.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.02953978% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02953978% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 70,094/sec | |
| Memory: | 980 KB | |
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 N |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of PhotoJoy.
