Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1.0.1.0	50.00%
1.0.1.0	50.00%

(Note, Acer Incorporated publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

Relationships

SysMonitor.exe

By Acer Incorporated (Signed)

Remove SysMonitor.exe

Version:	1.0.1.0
MD5:	201f07f6e5e08b41b5bcc2ab3d339ecc
SHA1:	e5139b16a8fffcce46cb1bb21dc7d01f59b5b3ff
SHA256:	3138b7ae81769a66ac973895cd712b590f7c936c5d0548d9f728ff08f71dcc26

Overview

sysmonitor.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges. It is set to be start when the PC boots and any user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the all users under the local machine). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Acer Incorporated which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	sysmonitor.exe
Typical file path:	C:\acer\empowering technology\sysmonitor.exe
File version:	1.0.1.0
Size:	312 KB (319,488 bytes)
Build date:	11/23/2006 12:24 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	Acer Incorporated
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Behaviors

Startup files (all users) run

Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'

'Acer Empowering Technology Monitor' → C:\Acer\Empowering Technology\SysMonitor.exe

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00003896%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001948%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00001948%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	94 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	1,856/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	11.86 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	5.75 MB
Private (minimum):	4.04 MB
Non-paged memory:	11.86 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	143.87 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	145.81 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.5 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	9.83 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	4,710/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	12 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	0 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	149	600
GUI GDI count:	30	103
GUI GDI peak:	34	142
GUI USER count:	15	49
GUI USER peak:	16	71