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SpyHunter4.exe
SpyHunter4 by Enigma Software Group USA (Signed)
| Version: | 4.13.6.4253 |
| MD5: | feb6495a683425ca8d1e92db7500c977 |
| SHA1: | 4fbbbe0bdf967fd05889ffebe05a29e8ae789653 |
| SHA256: | 2fa8acff46c8389a6cbcd4b462bfda6b2cc1973b17b2240fc68d1b8a987ea874 |
What is SpyHunter4.exe?
SpyHunter4 application is part of the Enigma SpyHunter software program. SpyHunter is an antivirus and antispyware program designed to find and remove malware.
About SpyHunter4.exe (from Enigma Software Group USA)
“SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application certified by West Coast Labs’ Checkmark Certification System and designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from ma”
Details
| File name: | spyhunter4.exe |
| Publisher: | Enigma Software Group USA, LLC. |
| Product name: | SpyHunter4 |
| Description: | SpyHunter4 application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\enigma software group\spyhunter\spyhunter4.exe |
| File version: | 4.13.6.4253 |
| Size: | 6.13 MB (6,425,984 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/7/2013 8:14 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Enigma Software Group USA |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
SpyHunter is an antivirus program that also includes its built in 'registry cleaner', Reghunter. It also may be bundled with 3rd party pay per install programs such as InstallIQ.
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'SpyHunter4Startup' runs on logon in the path '\SpyHunter4Startup'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\SpyHunter4.job'
- Entry path 'D:\WINDOWS\Tasks\SpyHunter4.job'
- Entry path '\SpyHunter4Startup'
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\SpyHunter4Startup'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SpyHunter Security Suite' → C:\Program Files\Enigma Software Group\SpyHunter\SpyHunter4.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00455388% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00294663% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00160725% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 248,541 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 26,541,572/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 258.28 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 198.36 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.46 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 258.28 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 571.73 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 719.94 MB | |
| Working set: | 12.8 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 384.95 MB | |
| Page faults: | 4,877,657/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 7.77 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 109/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 60.2 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 6/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 252.38 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 6,214/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 520 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 355 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 379 | |
| GUI USER count: | 214 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 226 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| Spyhunter4.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 1.21640114% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.54934398% | |
| User CPU: | 0.66705717% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,693,566/sec | |
| Context switches: | 135/sec | |
| Memory: | 6.18 MB | |
| executionguard.dll (SpyHunter4 by Enigma Software Group USA, LLC) |
| Total CPU: | 0.24688280% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02922043% | |
| User CPU: | 0.21766237% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,058,904/sec | |
| Context switches: | 92/sec | |
| Memory: | 584 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00178175% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00178175% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 53,865/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| SHLWAPI.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00047938% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00047938% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 22,311/sec | |
| Memory: | 348 KB | |
| gdiplus.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00019798% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00019798% | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,754/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.56 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 |
36.36% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
36.36% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.15% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
9.09% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
3.03% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.16% of SpyHunter4.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
50.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
25.00% |
|
| ASUS |
12.50% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
6.25% |
|
| American Megatrends |
6.25% |
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