Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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SmartSetting.exe
Easy Settings by Samsung Electronics CO. (Signed)
| Version: | 2.3.1.20 |
| MD5: | d7e546daf03deed037d50cdf96c7cf7f |
| SHA1: | 97479e7c2d0f5c6f453b518074388c655cc4c261 |
| SHA256: | cc21ddad7847a63b73658c061426724861cd04064d508508fa3a4c4df4eb1006 |
Overview
smartsetting.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). The file is digitally signed by Samsung Electronics CO. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | smartsetting.exe |
| Publisher: | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| Product name: | Easy Settings |
| Description: | Smart Setting Program |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\samsung\easy settings\smartsetting.exe |
| File version: | 2.3.1.20 |
| Size: | 2.17 MB (2,279,304 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Samsung Electronics CO. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Saturday, June 12, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'SmartSetting' runs on logon in the path '\SmartSetting'
- Entry path '\SmartSetting'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SmartSetting'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00166101% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00122212% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00043889% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 437 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 7.51 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.29 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.28 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 7.51 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 107.39 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 115.19 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.21 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.67 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 209 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 39 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 40 | |
| GUI USER count: | 16 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 17 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01079575% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01079575% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,870/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| SmartSetting.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00626238% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00464225% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00162013% | |
| CPU cycles: | 454,214/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.21 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 7 Home Premium |
66.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United Kingdom installs about 44.44% of Easy Settings.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Samsung |
100.00% |
|
