Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
| 4, 8, 0, 0 | 27.78% |  | 
| 4, 7, 0, 0 | 27.78% |  | 
| 4, 6, 0, 0 | 5.56% |  | 
| 4, 5, 0, 0 | 5.56% |  | 
| 4, 4, 0, 0 | 16.67% |  | 
| 4, 3, 0, 0 | 5.56% |  | 
| 4, 1, 0, 0 | 5.56% |  | 
| 3, 8, 0, 0 | 5.56% |  | 
 
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
     
    
        PWRISOVM.exe
PowerISO Virtual Drive Manager by PowerISO Computing
| Version: | 4, 5, 0, 0 | 
| MD5: | 61d35eee356fba70f4e30e6a5b7d8d6c | 
| SHA1: | 159626a6bdbf248e45e9355a728a9bd5bb9b4acb | 
| SHA256: | d9e4109bb50598be423d670aa3ae602a350001bf719f6929b3f43fc4efa27088 | 
Overview
pwrisovm.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. 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). It is installed with a couple of know programs including PowerISO published by Power Software Ltd, PowerISO from PowerISO Computing, Inc. and PowerISO by PowerISO Computing, Inc..
 Details
Details
| File name: | pwrisovm.exe | 
| Publisher: | PowerISO Computing, Inc. | 
| Product name: | PowerISO Virtual Drive Manager | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\poweriso\pwrisovm.exe | 
| File version: | 4, 5, 0, 0 | 
| Size: | 176 KB (180,224 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Programs
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“PowerISO is a powerful CD / DVD / BD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, burn, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount ISO files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD / DVD / BD image files including ISO and BIN files. PowerISO provides an all-in-one solution. You can do every thing with your ISO files and disc image files. Support almost all CD / DVD / BD-RO...”
 
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PWRISOVM.EXE' → C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOVM.EXE
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00018472% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005253% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00013218% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 31 ms/min |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.5 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.91 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 4.89 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.5 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 50.7 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 51.7 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 4.91 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 4.91 MB |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 1 |  | 
| Handles: | 113 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 18 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 19 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 8 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 8 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 38.89% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 16.67% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 11.11% |  | 
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation | 11.11% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 11.11% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 Pro | 5.56% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 5.56% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
Canada installs about 16.67% of PowerISO Virtual Drive Manager.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 28.57% |  | 
| Dell | 28.57% |  | 
| GIGABYTE | 14.29% |  | 
| Acer | 14.29% |  | 
| Toshiba | 14.29% |  |