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60%
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegEnumValueA, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetTokenInformation, OpenProcessToken, RegCreateKeyExA, RegCloseKey, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExA, RegEnumKeyExA, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegDeleteValueA, RegDeleteKeyA, RegOpenKeyExA, LookupPrivilegeValueA, AdjustTokenPrivileges, GetSidSubAuthority
comctl32.dll
ImageList_GetIcon, ImageList_GetImageCount, ImageList_Remove, ImageList_ReplaceIcon, ImageList_SetIconSize, ImageList_GetIconSize
gdi32.dll
CreateFontA, SelectObject, GetTextExtentPoint32A, DeleteObject, GetObjectA
gdiplus.dll
GdipDrawPath, GdipSetInterpolationMode, GdipGetImageGraphicsContext, GdipCreatePathGradientFromPath, GdipWindingModeOutline, GdipAddPathEllipseI, GdipAddPathRectangleI, GdipSetStringFormatTrimming, GdipSetStringFormatAlign, GdipCreateSolidFill, GdipCreateHICONFromBitmap, GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0, GdipCreateBitmapFromStreamICM, GdipCreateBitmapFromStream, GdipCreateFontFromDC, GdipGetImageHeight, GdipGetImageWidth, GdipDisposeImage, GdipGraphicsClear, GdipDeleteGraphics, GdipSetPathGradientFocusScales, GdipSetPathGradientSurroundColorsWithCount, GdipGetPathGradientPointCount, GdipSetPathGradientCenterColor, GdipDeletePath, GdipCreatePath, GdipDeleteStringFormat, GdipCreateStringFormat, GdipDeletePen, GdipCreatePen1, GdipDeleteBrush, GdipAlloc, GdipFree, GdipFillPath, GdipCreateFontFromLogfontA, GdipCloneBitmapAreaI, GdipCloneBrush, GdipDrawString, GdipMeasureString, GdipCloneImage, GdipDeleteFont, GdipDrawImageRectI, GdiplusShutdown, GdipGetImagePixelFormat, GdiplusStartup
kernel32.dll
CreateThread, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, lstrlenW, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, GetModuleFileNameA, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryA, GetLastError, ReleaseMutex, OpenMutexA, CreateMutexA, RaiseException, FlushInstructionCache, GetCurrentProcess, SetLastError, LocalFree, FormatMessageA, GetModuleHandleA, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, GlobalFlags, GlobalFree, GlobalUnlock, GlobalLock, GlobalAlloc, UnmapViewOfFile, SetEvent, MapViewOfFile, OpenFileMappingA, CreateFileMappingA, CreateEventA, lstrcpyA, LocalAlloc, InitializeCriticalSection, WriteFile, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, GetFileSize, CreateFileA, lstrcmpiA, IsDBCSLeadByte, FreeLibrary, SizeofResource, LoadResource, FindResourceA, LoadLibraryExA, GetExitCodeProcess, Sleep, CreateRemoteThread, VirtualFreeEx, WaitForSingleObject, VirtualAllocEx, OpenProcess, TerminateProcess, WideCharToMultiByte, MoveFileExA, GetTempPathA, CopyFileExA, ExpandEnvironmentStringsA, LoadLibraryW, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetEnvironmentStringsW, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetTimeZoneInformation, LCMapStringW, GetFileType, SetHandleCount, FlushFileBuffers, GetConsoleMode, GetConsoleCP, ExitProcess, HeapSize, GetStringTypeW, GetLocaleInfoW, GetModuleFileNameW, GetStdHandle, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapCreate, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsAlloc, IsValidCodePage, GetOEMCP, GetACP, GetCPInfo, GetStartupInfoW, HeapSetInformation, GetCommandLineA, HeapReAlloc, VirtualQuery, GetSystemInfo, GetModuleHandleW, VirtualAlloc, CloseHandle, OutputDebugStringA, DebugBreak, InterlockedIncrement, WriteProcessMemory, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrlenA, InterlockedDecrement, GetUserDefaultLCID, GetLocaleInfoA, EnumSystemLocalesA, IsValidLocale, InterlockedExchange, SetStdHandle, WriteConsoleW, CreateFileW, SetEndOfFile, GetProcessHeap, CompareStringW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, InterlockedCompareExchange, LCMapStringA, InterlockedPushEntrySList, VirtualProtect, HeapAlloc, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, RtlUnwind, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, HeapFree, VirtualFree, InterlockedPopEntrySList, GetStringTypeExA, GetVersion
ole32.dll
CoInitialize, CoUninitialize, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CLSIDFromProgID, CoTaskMemAlloc, CreateStreamOnHGlobal
oleacc.dll
AccessibleObjectFromWindow
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathA, ShellExecuteExA
urlmon.dll
URLDownloadToCacheFileA
user32.dll
CharLowerA, MessageBoxA, PostMessageA, CharNextA, SetWindowLongA, GetClassInfoExA, LoadCursorA, DefWindowProcA, RegisterClassExA, CreateWindowExA, GetWindowLongA, CallWindowProcA, UnregisterClassA, GetDesktopWindow, GetWindowThreadProcessId, DestroyIcon, SendMessageA, InvalidateRect, GetWindowRect, FindWindowExA, LoadStringA, GetDC, SetWindowPos, GetParent, UnhookWindowsHookEx, CallNextHookEx, SetWindowsHookExA, SetTimer, KillTimer, DispatchMessageA, TranslateMessage, GetMessageA, GetWindowTextA, EnumWindows, GetForegroundWindow, SetFocus, BringWindowToTop, SetForegroundWindow, AttachThreadInput, IsWindowVisible, ReleaseDC, wvsprintfA, DestroyWindow
wininet.dll
HttpOpenRequestA, InternetConnectA, InternetCrackUrlA, InternetOpenA, InternetGetCookieA, InternetSetCookieA, InternetSetOptionA, HttpSendRequestA, HttpQueryInfoA, InternetReadFile, InternetCloseHandle

vid-saver-bg.exe

Vid-Saver by Friendly Apps (Signed)

Remove vid-saver-bg.exe
Version:   1.1.150.33
MD5:   b07a51c3f16192ba18970157af8c2a6e
SHA1:   6dd732ab4f5d8ecd4e9bebede802ccbf2258c6ad
SHA256:   231df6f4b121ba95c4d4ec8e5d6d1b79fb49add906ec941e74010aeeb530d531

What is vid-saver-bg.exe?

Vid-Saver exe (vid-saver-bg.exe) is a background process that is loaded with Internet Explorer via the Vid-Saver BHO. Vid-Saver is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based on your surfing habits.

About vid-saver-bg.exe (from Friendly Apps)

With Vid-Saver, you can quickly download and save your favorite streaming videos for offline watching! Transfer videos to your mobile devices to watch on the go, or watch from your computer without th

DetailsDetails

File name:vid-saver-bg.exe
Publisher:215 Apps
Product name:Vid-Saver
Description:Vid-Saver exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\vid-saver\vid-saver-bg.exe
Original name:Vid-Saver.exe
File version:1.1.150.33
Size:877.38 KB (898,440 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Friendly Apps
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
215 Apps
  81% remove
Vid-Saver is an advertising support video dowload utility that allows for downloading streaming files such as YouTube to the user's local hard drive for playback in the Vid-Saver player or other compatable players. Vid-Saver is an adware type program that has causes serious performance issues to your PC by installing a number of plug-ins and add-ins to your web browser and Windows. It injects ads directly by modifying web pages based o...

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.35231073%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.27283954%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.07947119%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:856 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:4.99 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):9.61 MB
Private (minimum):3.38 MB
Non-paged memory:4.99 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:83.86 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):88.36 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.67 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):11.72 MB
37.95 MB
Resource allocations
Threads:4
12
Handles:121
600
GUI GDI count:9
103
GUI GDI peak:11
142
GUI USER count:4
49
GUI USER peak:4
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\vid-saver\vid-saver-bg.exe" /createbg
Owner:User
Parent process:iexplore.exe (by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
vid-saver-bg.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.86844400%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.81174147%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.05670253%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:22,031,965/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:900 KB
1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00299030%
Kernel CPU:0.00299030%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:2,188/sec
Memory:1.5 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 100.00%
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