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WSTray.exe
WSEnrichment Application by WhiteSmoke
Version: | 1.0.6034.13052 |
MD5: | c457d38a398e70880d432e8db9574a6e |
SHA1: | 023a440bb4af42186ee5e3ac26d85caeb4dd4182 |
SHA256: | c9e8e676a05ef82e58220417ef168929b5e3d010ecf5e9269aac1f2aa6300a5a |
What is WSTray.exe?
wstray.exe (WSEnrichment Application) is the program that runs in the notification area system tray for the WhiteSmoke Toolbar program.
About WSTray.exe (from WhiteSmoke)
“WhiteSmoke is the most comprehensive grammar checker in the world today. While it comprises several writing tools, such as a dictionary, a thesaurus and ready-made letter templates, its core feature i”
Details
File name: | wstray.exe |
Publisher: | WhiteSmoke |
Product name: | WSEnrichment Application |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\whitesmoke\wstray.exe |
File version: | 1.0.6034.13052 |
Size: | 1.99 MB (2,088,960 bytes) |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0 |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
WhiteSmoke is a toolbar for Intenet Explorer and Firefox. The toolbar collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to WhiteSmoke so they can suggest services or provide advertising via the toolbar. The WhiteSmoke Toolbar will attempt to change your home page and search provider if you are not careful during installation and provides a search box and various other generic features in the toolb...
Behaviors
User start menu folder
Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 55856
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.03353659% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.01374316% | |
User CPU: | 0.01979343% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 1,502 ms/min | |
Context switches: | 1/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 41.04 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 23 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 22.98 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 41.04 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 170.06 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 184.55 MB | |
Working set: | 22.98 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 54.02 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 13 | |
Handles: | 523 | |
GUI GDI count: | 260 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 273 | |
GUI USER count: | 79 | |
GUI USER peak: | 109 | |
Process properties
Tray notification: | Yes |
Integrety level: | High |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\whitesmoke\wstray.exe" |
Owner: | User |
Threads
Averages
WSTray.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.10942765% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.03764961% | |
User CPU: | 0.07177804% | |
CPU cycles: | 3,054,014/sec | |
Context switches: | 1/sec | |
Memory: | 2.01 MB | |
ole32.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00470187% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00470187% | |
User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
CPU cycles: | 4,681/sec | |
Memory: | 1.36 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate N |
100.00% |
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