updater.exe
Baidu PC Faster by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 4,0,11,71581 |
| MD5: | d99eec8d42542bdc806a8d7888941698 |
| SHA1: | 34d50288a858427a9ccb29c1ec48e530fd1943b2 |
What is updater.exe?
Baidu PC Faster Updater is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found. The updater will check for updates remotely and install them based on an internal schedule.
Overview
updater.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges). The file is digitally signed by Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | updater.exe |
| Publisher: | Baidu Inc. |
| Product name: | Baidu PC Faster |
| Description: | Baidu PC Faster Updater |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\updater.exe |
| File version: | 4,0,11,71581 |
| Size: | 1.28 MB (1,343,472 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/29/2014 11:48 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, April 25, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Baidu PC Faster DataUpdate' runs daily in the path '\Baidu PC Faster DataUpdate'
- The task 'Baidu PC Faster Update' runs daily in the path '\Baidu PC Faster Update'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00912072% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00722161% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00189911% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 9,688 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 12/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.37 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.32 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.03 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.37 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 72.08 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 93.06 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.34 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12.66 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 7 | |
| Handles: | 145 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\baidu security\pc faster\4.0.0.0\updater.exe" -inservice -no_ui |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Single Language |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
28.57% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
14.29% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
14.29% |
|
Distribution by country
Egypt installs about 42.86% of Baidu PC Faster.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
50.00% |
|
| Acer |
25.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
12.50% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
12.50% |
|
