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60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
 
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
 
Relationships
Parent process
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        SearchEngineProtection.exe
Search Engine Protection by Oberon Media (Signed)
| Version: | .0.0.33 | 
| MD5: | efe2a9c65d6c509e2cab1cbdfa161852 | 
| SHA1: | 33f862d3fe4acd115c6b650d1b0142aad1c9776c | 
| SHA256: | 5c752ccaba79c2949a807d6fc593e38664c0fb268b4b33a55d5ea45326bb0d02 | 
Overview
searchengineprotection.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 Oberon Media which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | searchengineprotection.exe | 
| Publisher: | Oberon Media | 
| Product name: | Search Engine Protection | 
| Description: | SearchEngineProtection.exe | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\gamesbar\update\searchengineprotection.exe | 
| File version: | .0.0.33 | 
| Size: | 605.94 KB (620,480 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Oberon Media | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Tuesday, June 19, 2012 | 
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 21, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SearchEngineProtection' → C:\Program Files\GamesBar\update\SearchEngineProtection.exe
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00116417% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00101220% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00015197% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 175 ms/min |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 2.62 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 722.67 KB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 301.33 KB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 2.62 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 60.77 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 62.68 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 357.33 KB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 4.59 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 189,316/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 246 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 3 |  | 
| Handles: | 105 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 27 |  | 
| GUI GDI peak: | 32 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 16 |  | 
| GUI USER peak: | 18 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 41.67% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 16.67% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 16.67% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate N | 8.33% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 8.33% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 8.33% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.33% of Search Engine Protection.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Samsung | 66.67% |  | 
| Acer | 33.33% |  |