Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
(Note, ScanSoft publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
 
Relationships
     
    
        PPTD40NT.exe
PaperPort by ScanSoft
| Version: | 9.0 | 
| MD5: | 950db6eda08a6c48d29189248f4d0c3f | 
| SHA1: | 15a3a2366ff620283703655b952d97fa6838812c | 
| SHA256: | 6bd7cf77811e02f27f404a89c11f868b672bf957e4450de299c672baab720fd4 | 
What is PPTD40NT.exe?
PaperPort, commercial software published by Nuance Communications, is designed to help users to organize digital documents and files. As a document management system, PaperPort is especially useful for working with scanned documents. (Its origins were as software 'bundled' with Visioneer scanners.)
Overview
pptd40nt.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine).
 Details
Details
| File name: | pptd40nt.exe | 
| Publisher: | ScanSoft, Inc. | 
| Product name: | PaperPort | 
| Description: | PaperPort Print to Desktop for NT | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\scansoft\paperport\pptd40nt.exe | 
| File version: | 9.0 | 
| Size: | 56.05 KB (57,393 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PaperPort PTD' → C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\pptd40nt.exe
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00027491% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020618% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00006873% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 9,375 ms/min |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.72 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 2.73 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 2.73 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.72 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 29.18 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 31.73 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 2.73 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 2.73 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 757/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 2 |  | 
| Handles: | 26 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 16 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 4 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined | 
| Platform: | 32-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\scansoft\paperport\pptd40nt.exe" | 
| Owner: | User | 
| Parent process: | explorer.exe (by Microsoft) | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 62.50% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 25.00% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 12.50% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
New Zealand installs about 50.00% of PaperPort.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Compaq | 80.00% |  | 
| Sahara | 20.00% |  |