Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
pinger.exe
By TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Signed)
| MD5: | 6dbf2ac2bdaff355995ab25eccc4cfe1 |
| SHA1: | b733d8e92d5d10f108e67afb38cadbdcc3dc785d |
| SHA256: | f2dd39f6b1489276a913fd62d6c068d79eabadc417d404143e3d2ff8c20cde01 |
Overview
pinger.exe runs as a service under the name pinger with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). 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). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including TOSHIBA Software Upgrades published by TOSHIBA Corporation, TOSHIBA Software Upgrades from TOSHIBA Corporation and TOSHIBA Software Upgrades by TOSHIBA Corporation.
Details
| File name: | pinger.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\toshiba\ivp\ism\pinger.exe |
| Size: | 133.61 KB (136,816 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
- Firewall exception for 'C:\TOSHIBA\Ivp\ISM\pinger.exe'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Pinger' → C:\toshiba\ivp\ism\pinger.exe /run
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Pinger' → "C:\Program Files\Pinger\Pinger.exe"
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01273693% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00513038% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00760655% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 70 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,359/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.03 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.55 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.59 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.03 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 43.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 46.77 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.69 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.24 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,137/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 8 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 453 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 21/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 48 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 14 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| pinger.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01638602% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00546191% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01092411% | |
| CPU cycles: | 27/sec | |
| Memory: | 144 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005399% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003780% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001620% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,508/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
43.75% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
37.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.25% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 81.82% of pinger.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
95.24% |
|
| Acer |
4.76% |
|
