Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Child processes
Related files
Plex Media Server.exe
Plex Media Server by Plex (Signed)
| Version: | 0.9.8.4 |
| MD5: | 23209effaa22db98dad2bd90dddcb146 |
| SHA1: | 95c4e44017819a329bcc6b362535f83c4a244a10 |
| SHA256: | 48635fb09465ded3dded0ae47c8ea99a267b12e0f1d5711dcc655bd0ad8b9b74 |
Overview
plex media server.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). The file is digitally signed by Plex which was issued by the DigiCert Inc certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | plex media server.exe |
| Publisher: | Plex, Inc. |
| Product name: | Plex Media Server |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\plex\plex media server\plex media server.exe |
| File version: | 0.9.8.4 |
| Product version: | 0.9.8.4.125-ffe2a5d |
| Size: | 3.91 MB (4,095,624 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/31/2013 2:39 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Plex |
| Authority (CA): | DigiCert Inc |
| Effective date: | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'Plex Media Server' → "C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe"
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 60908
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001356% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000963% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000393% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62,213 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 3,912,531/sec | |
| Context switches: | 30/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 34.1 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 47.82 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 33.25 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 34.1 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 236.13 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 268.95 MB | |
| Working set: | 43.76 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 62.4 MB | |
| Page faults: | 632,656/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.52 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 34/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 7.87 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 22/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 1.49 MB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1,910/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 29 | |
| Handles: | 606 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 56 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 60 | |
| GUI USER count: | 16 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 21 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| Plex Media Server.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00179249% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00086568% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00092681% | |
| CPU cycles: | 201,526/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.92 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000703% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000703% | |
| CPU cycles: | 94/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 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 Home Premium |
75.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
12.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
12.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 87.50% of Plex Media Server.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
40.00% |
|
| Intel |
40.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
|
