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Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

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advapi32.dll
RegCreateKeyExA, LookupPrivilegeValueA, AdjustTokenPrivileges, RegEnumValueA, RegQueryValueExA, RegEnumKeyExA, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegDeleteValueA, RegDeleteKeyA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegSetValueExA, RegCloseKey, OpenProcessToken, GetTokenInformation, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetSidSubAuthority
kernel32.dll
LoadLibraryW, IsValidLocale, InterlockedDecrement, lstrlenA, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar, InterlockedIncrement, DebugBreak, OutputDebugStringA, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, CreateThread, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, lstrlenW, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, GetModuleFileNameA, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryA, GetLastError, ReleaseMutex, OpenMutexA, CreateMutexA, RaiseException, FlushInstructionCache, GetCurrentProcess, SetLastError, LocalFree, FormatMessageA, GetModuleHandleA, LocalAlloc, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, WriteFile, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, GetFileSize, CreateFileA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, lstrcmpiA, IsDBCSLeadByte, FreeLibrary, SizeofResource, LoadResource, InterlockedExchange, LoadLibraryExA, GetExitCodeProcess, Sleep, OpenProcess, TerminateProcess, GetVersion, MoveFileExA, GetTempPathA, CopyFileExA, ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, EnumSystemLocalesA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetTimeZoneInformation, LCMapStringW, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, FlushFileBuffers, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, HeapSize, ExitProcess, GetLocaleInfoW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetStdHandle, GetStringTypeW, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapCreate, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, CreateFileW, SetEndOfFile, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetProcessHeap, CompareStringW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedPushEntrySList, VirtualFree, InterlockedPopEntrySList, GetStringTypeExA, LCMapStringA, RtlUnwind, FindResourceA, GetACP, GetCPInfo, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineA, HeapReAlloc, VirtualQuery, GetSystemInfo, GetModuleHandleW, VirtualAlloc, VirtualProtect, HeapAlloc, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, GetLocalTime, HeapFree
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstance, CoTaskMemFree, CoUninitialize, CoInitialize, CLSIDFromProgID, CoTaskMemAlloc
oleacc.dll
AccessibleObjectFromWindow
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathA, ShellExecuteExA
urlmon.dll
URLDownloadToCacheFileA
user32.dll
CharLowerA, MessageBoxA, LoadStringA, CharNextA, SendMessageA, SetWindowLongA, wvsprintfA, UnregisterClassA, PostMessageA, IsWindowVisible, FindWindowExA, GetParent, AttachThreadInput, SetForegroundWindow, BringWindowToTop, SetFocus, GetWindowThreadProcessId, GetForegroundWindow, EnumWindows, GetWindowTextA, GetMessageA, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageA, KillTimer, SetTimer, GetDesktopWindow, DestroyWindow, CallWindowProcA, GetWindowLongA, CreateWindowExA, RegisterClassExA, DefWindowProcA, LoadCursorA, GetClassInfoExA
wininet.dll
InternetReadFile, HttpQueryInfoA, HttpSendRequestA, HttpOpenRequestA, InternetCloseHandle, InternetConnectA, InternetCrackUrlA, InternetSetCookieA, InternetGetCookieA, InternetOpenA

software assist-bg.exe

Software Assist by Software Assist

Remove software assist-bg.exe
Version:   1.1.150.33
MD5:   1cacc7e4b260173f1291e7b72f9b1c7d
SHA1:   489232ae1295d98a77c4378aba6c5c7f318fc4b5
SHA256:   9a8b06813dd1118ffb1fc4ef3d963cac93a13331fb10013da7a86c0cae30cdd9

What is software assist-bg.exe?

Software Assist is a web browser add-in/toolbar primarily to display advertising based on search habits and URLs visited.

Overview

software assist-bg.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. This is typically installed with the program Software Assist published by Software Assist and is most likely removed by most users once installed (77% removed).

DetailsDetails

File name:software assist-bg.exe
Publisher:Software Assist
Product name:Software Assist
Description:Software Assist exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\software assist\software assist-bg.exe
Original name:Software Assist.exe
File version:1.1.150.33
Size:767 KB (785,408 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Software Assist
  77% remove
Software Assist is a adware/malware type application, also known as Crossrider App, that installs itself into Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (software assist.dll). The web browser extenstion is used to inject advertising within a user's web browser.
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 1844

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.29208736%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.19608166%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.09600570%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:1,686 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    Context switches:14/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:2.81 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):2.61 MB
    Private (minimum):1.64 MB
    Non-paged memory:2.81 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:58.71 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):62.36 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:1.69 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):8.97 MB
    37.95 MB
    Resource allocations
    Threads:5
    12
    Handles:125
    600
    GUI GDI count:9
    103
    GUI GDI peak:11
    142
    GUI USER count:4
    49
    GUI USER peak:4
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Low
    Platform:32-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\software assist\software assist-bg.exe" /createbg
    Owner:User
    Parent process:iexplore.exe (by Microsoft)

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 7 Ultimate N 66.67%
    Microsoft Windows XP 33.33%
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