Should I block it?
40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
(Note, Systweak Software publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
SystemProtector.exe
System Protector by Systweak Software (Signed)
| Version: | 2.1.1.78 |
| MD5: | 9ee74341af0c46abf45714babdab5158 |
| SHA1: | 99e0f91cc73fcc1ec8ac5cbc0a49df33fead8580 |
| SHA256: | 71fa3fda83cad753892ce1e1f58d3d4f43463aeb5881b83264a501980bdf297b |
Overview
systemprotector.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 Systweak Software which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | systemprotector.exe |
| Publisher: | Systweak |
| Product name: | System Protector |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\advanced system optimizer 3\systemprotector.exe |
| File version: | 2.1.1.78 |
| Size: | 4.29 MB (4,502,312 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Systweak Software |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, October 12, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 |
| 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
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'ASO-System Protector_startup' runs on logon in the path '\ASO-System Protector_startup'
- The job 'ASO-System Protector' runs daily in the path 'C:\windows\Tasks\ASO-System Protector.job'
- Entry path '\ASO-System Protector_startup'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'ASO-System Protector_startup' → "C:\Program Files\Advanced System Optimizer 3\SystemProtector.exe" autolaunch
Scheduled tasks startups
Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)
- Login entry path '\ASO-System Protector_startup'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00080822% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00056644% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00024177% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,328 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 129/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 58.11 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 119.52 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 860 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 58.11 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 237.35 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 250.35 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.19 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 119.53 MB | |
| Page faults: | 78,699/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 3.64 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2.13 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 687 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 22/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 29 | |
| Handles: | 608 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 236 | |
| GUI USER count: | 82 | |
Process properties
| Tray notification: | Yes |
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\advanced system optimizer 3\systemprotector.exe" autolaunch |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | Explorer.EXE (Windows Explorer by Microsoft) |
Threads
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 |
44.44% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
Switzerland installs about 33.33% of System Protector.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
66.67% |
|
| Acer |
25.00% |
|
| American Megatrends |
8.33% |
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