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safetynut.exe

SafetyNut by SafetyNut Inc. (Signed)

Remove safetynut.exe
Version:   5.0.0.12834
MD5:   d782e922da33933b4f84b8cce8a8bc26
SHA1:   bf39fe6f3b55b3c6063042de980fb62380ae87ce

Overview

safetynut.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent safetynutmanager.exe (SafetyNut Manager by SafetyNut Inc.). The file is digitally signed by SafetyNut Inc. which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:safetynut.exe
Publisher:SafetyNut Inc
Product name:SafetyNut
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\browser tab search by ask\safetynut\safetynut.exe
File version:5.0.0.12834
Size:3.42 MB (3,582,672 bytes)
Build date:5/28/2014 10:23 AM
Certificate
Issued to:SafetyNut Inc.
Authority (CA):Thawte
Effective date:Monday, May 12, 2014
Expiration date:Saturday, June 4, 2016
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.01432666%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00813980%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00618687%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:4,625 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:656,824/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:1/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:15.95 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.13 MB
Private (minimum):13.93 MB
Non-paged memory:15.95 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:129.88 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):136.7 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:15.09 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):16.44 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:26,412/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:3.51 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:45/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:1.39 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:22/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:14 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:113/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:164
600
GUI GDI count:22
103
GUI GDI peak:34
142
GUI USER count:10
49
GUI USER peak:24
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\browser tab search by ask\safetynut\safetynut.exe"
Owner:User
Parent process:safetynutmanager.exe (SafetyNut Manager by SafetyNut Inc.)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8.1 Single Language 50.00%
Windows 8.1 50.00%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

Peru installs about 50.00% of SafetyNut.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 100.00%
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