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SmartMenu.exe
HP MediaSmart by Hewlett-Packard Company (Signed)
Version: | 2.0.1.7 |
MD5: | c18dad67061885ae0d8bea58726ea921 |
SHA1: | 505c804ff86b2288c9831e9e2194656ae7893f9d |
SHA256: | bb35e4d2725943187d1c2d9395e96274f94555166247f0777ecfb9441a02be01 |
Overview
smartmenu.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
ccSvcHst.exe (Symantec Security Technologies by Symantec Corporation). 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). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
File name: | smartmenu.exe |
Publisher: | Hewlett-Packard |
Product name: | HP MediaSmart |
Description: | HP MediaSmart SmartMenu |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp mediasmart\smartmenu.exe |
File version: | 2.0.1.7 |
Size: | 891.3 KB (912,688 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | Hewlett-Packard Company |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Thursday, February 7, 2008 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, January 18, 2009 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
.NET CLR: | Yes |
.NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SmartMenu' → C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP MediaSmart\SmartMenu.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00028557% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00013875% | |
User CPU: | 0.00014682% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 19,488 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 17,595,409/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 77.17 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 66.03 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 35.58 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 77.17 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 507.58 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 519.21 MB | |
Working set: | 54.63 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 68.54 MB | |
Page faults: | 312,313/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 2.62 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 8 | |
Handles: | 391 | |
GUI GDI count: | 60 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 69 | |
GUI USER count: | 29 | |
GUI USER peak: | 34 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | Medium |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\hewlett-packard\hp mediasmart\smartmenu.exe" |
Owner: | User |
Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
SmartMenu.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.01476021% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00276700% | |
User CPU: | 0.01199321% | |
CPU cycles: | 8,241,029/sec | |
Memory: | 904 KB | |
wpfgfx_v0300.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00302030% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00183539% | |
User CPU: | 0.00118491% | |
CPU cycles: | 1,666,877/sec | |
Memory: | 1.67 MB | |
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00005642% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00004514% | |
User CPU: | 0.00001128% | |
CPU cycles: | 26,920/sec | |
Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
mscorwks.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00002256% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00002256% | |
CPU cycles: | 161/sec | |
Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows Vista Home Premium |
72.73% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
18.18% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
9.09% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 90.91% of HP MediaSmart.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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