Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

12.0.122.161	7.14%
11.0.6300.552	7.14%
11.0.6200.530	7.14%
11.0.6200.530	7.14%
11.0.6100.480	7.14%
11.0.6005.440	7.14%
11.0.6005.440	14.29%
11.0.6000.436	7.14%
11.0.5002.301	7.14%
11.0.4014.23	7.14%
11.0.4000.2261	7.14%
11.0.3001.2189	7.14%
11.0.780.980	7.14%

Relationships

Parent process

smc.exe (Symantec Client Management Component by Symantec Corporation)

Related files

SmcGui.exe

Symantec Client Management Component by Symantec Corporation (Signed)

Remove SmcGui.exe

Version:	11.0.6005.440
MD5:	319f38fd82f71db4fce8956c68d43f1d
SHA1:	b79127e1d1270ae93cb3c2292f3d1088af9e2638
SHA256:	846bb750826f2931e8e2750678d55813e0c8913ebe9ccf66c80b19bb8eb5c2f7

Overview

smcgui.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent smc.exe (Symantec Client Management Component by Symantec Corporation). The file is digitally signed by Symantec Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	smcgui.exe
Publisher:	Symantec Corporation
Product name:	Symantec Client Management Component
Description:	Symantec CMC SmcGui
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\symantec client security\symantec antivirus\smcgui.exe
File version:	11.0.6005.440
Size:	3.69 MB (3,866,952 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Symantec Corporation
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Expiration date:	Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00007672%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00003419%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00004252%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	153,552 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	3,144,694/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	7.29 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	5.67 MB
Private (minimum):	4.46 MB
Non-paged memory:	7.29 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	134.63 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	137.98 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.04 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	21.05 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	11,574/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	58.52 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	104/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	145 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	6/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	12	12
Handles:	280	600
GUI GDI count:	185	103
GUI GDI peak:	196	142
GUI USER count:	129	49
GUI USER peak:	144	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	High
Platform:	64-bit
Command lines:	\\.\pipe\sygatesecurityagentr41t72727 \\.\pipe\sygatesecurityagentw18467t72727 \\.\pipe\sygatesecurityagentr41t102414 \\.\pipe\sygatesecurityagentw18467t102414
Owner:	User
Parent process:	smc.exe (Symantec Client Management Component by Symantec Corporation)

Threads

Averages

MSVCR80.dll
Total CPU:	0.07028116%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.04301252%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.02726864%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	2,628,837/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	804 KB	1.16 MB
SmcGui.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00064412%
Kernel CPU:	0.00015708%
User CPU:	0.00048704%
CPU cycles:	75,781/sec
Memory:	3.78 MB
gdiplus.dll
Total CPU:	0.00005525%
Kernel CPU:	0.00004018%
User CPU:	0.00001507%
CPU cycles:	1,750/sec
Memory:	2.09 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Microsoft Windows XP	46.15%
Windows 7 Home Premium	23.08%
Windows 7 Ultimate	7.69%
Windows 7 Enterprise	7.69%
Windows Vista Ultimate	7.69%
Windows 7 Professional	7.69%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 66.67% of Symantec Client Management Component.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Dell	50.00%
Hewlett-Packard	18.75%
Lenovo	12.50%
Intel	12.50%
Acer	6.25%

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