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savings sidekick-bg.exe
Savings Sidekick by Awesome Apps (Signed)
Version: | 1.1.151.37 |
MD5: | 9a509f0345c2c2395813a4cdb75732ee |
SHA1: | ded5297119a6ce8871f6dec1cf62b51f6cf8dc50 |
What is savings sidekick-bg.exe?
Savings Sidekick from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps) installs a web browser extension (Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object) to view web pages loaded and looks for affiliated merchants in order to possibly provide better pricing or alternative deals on a given product or merchant. Basically if Savings Sidekick (215 Apps) has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert you when you visit through your web browser.
About savings sidekick-bg.exe (from Awesome Apps)
“The Savings Sidekick Coupon Book is the perfect fundraising idea and a great way for you to save money at local businesses while supporting local organizations. Thank you for visiting the site of our ”
Details
File name: | savings sidekick-bg.exe |
Publisher: | 215 Apps |
Product name: | Savings Sidekick |
Description: | Savings Sidekick exe |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\savings sidekick\savings sidekick-bg.exe |
Original name: | Savings Sidekick.exe |
File version: | 1.1.151.37 |
Size: | 926.38 KB (948,608 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Awesome Apps |
Authority (CA): | Thawte |
Effective date: | Tuesday, August 28, 2012 |
Expiration date: | Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Savings Sidekick from 215 Apps (Amazing Apps) installs a web browser extension (Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object) to view web pages loaded and looks for affiliated merchants in order to possibly provide better pricing or alternative deals on a given product or merchant. Basically if Savings Sidekick (215 Apps) has a pre-arranged affiliate relationship with a similar merchant it will alert you when you visit through your web brows...
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 57326
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.03193804% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.02044855% | |
User CPU: | 0.01148949% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 12,658 ms/min | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 6.82 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 2.14 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 2.1 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 6.82 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 76.27 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 81.27 MB | |
Working set: | 2.14 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 15.13 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 7 | |
Handles: | 300 | |
GUI GDI count: | 9 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 11 | |
GUI USER count: | 6 | |
GUI USER peak: | 8 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | High |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\savings sidekick\savings sidekick-bg.exe" /createbg |
Owner: | User |
Parent process: | iexplore.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
savings sidekick-bg.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.57690983% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.43105992% | |
User CPU: | 0.14584991% | |
CPU cycles: | 12,438,322/sec | |
Memory: | 944 KB | |
WININET.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00034157% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00034157% | |
CPU cycles: | 18,141/sec | |
Memory: | 980 KB | |
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00034156% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00034156% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
CPU cycles: | 1,293/sec | |
Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate N |
66.67% |
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Windows Vista Home Premium |
33.33% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 66.67% of Savings Sidekick.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Acer |
100.00% |
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