Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
ssdmonitor.exe
SSDMonit Application by PC Tools (Signed)
| Version: | 11.0.1.746 |
| MD5: | cf5c8f79801409be862f88439cb5a323 |
| SHA1: | bae00e165cf92e02bde44c67325595402aa84128 |
| SHA256: | 2e36117149ba27463f4efa477df42196c9082ce5ab47ea6d7de08ac4ee8b5554 |
What is ssdmonitor.exe?
PC Tools Security which offers protection from online threats, is regularly updated, and even includes some useful extras like Web site ratings, phishing alerts, and spyware, adware and malware protection.
About ssdmonitor.exe (from PC Tools)
“PC Tools Security is a full antivirus and antispyware package designed to protect from known viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats while defending against spyware, adware, bots, keyloggers and oth”
Details
| File name: | ssdmonitor.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Tools |
| Product name: | SSDMonit Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\pc tools\smonitor\ssdmonitor.exe |
| Original name: | SSDMonit.exe |
| File version: | 11.0.1.746 |
| Product version: | 2, 0, 0, 3 |
| Size: | 101.46 KB (103,896 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Tools |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, August 15, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'SSDMonitor' → C:\Program Files\Common Files\PC Tools\sMonitor\SSDMonitor.exe
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000644% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000322% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000322% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 380/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.16 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.19 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.09 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.16 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 52.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 57.41 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.19 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.19 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,135/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 58 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 18 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 20 | |
| GUI USER count: | 9 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 9 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\pc tools\smonitor\ssdmonitor.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
35.19% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
29.63% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
14.81% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
7.41% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
7.41% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate N |
3.70% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium N |
1.85% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 29.63% of SSDMonit Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
40.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
|
| ASUS |
11.43% |
|
| Dell |
5.71% |
|
| Acer |
5.71% |
|
| Lenovo |
5.71% |
|
| Sony |
5.71% |
|
| Samsung |
2.86% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.86% |
|
