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What is realsched.exe?

Part of RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks

What is it?

RealNetworks Scheduler RealUpgrade Launcher is part of RealPlayer, by RealNetworks, a cross-platform software product primarily used for the playing of recorded media. The media player is compatible with numerous formats within the multimedia realm, including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple proprietary versions of RealAudio and RealVideo formats.
Description of realsched.exe from RealNetworks
“Real brings you RealPlayer, the only solution you’ll need for managing all your music and videos. It’s the best free media player around for enjoying all types of entertainment! You can also transfer your media to and from your PC and mobile phone. With the RealPlayer media player, you can play files created for both MAC and PC, as well as the following types of files: m4a, mp3, wma, ra, rv, rm, ram, rmvb, wav, flv, 3gp, 3gp2, mp4, m4v, wmv, iv4, avi, MPEG-4, and more.”
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How does realsched.exe run?

Process - realsched.exe is an instance of a running program. This 32-bit program executes with the privileges as the currently logged in user account. realsched.exe is executed by the process explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft).

How does realsched.exe start?

Startup files (all users) run - realsched.exe is registered with the run identifier 'TkBellExe' and the execution command '"C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\update\realsched.exe" -osboot' in the Windows registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Run keys are startup registry keys that are used to launch an application automatically when any Windows user logs into Windows.
Autoplay handler - realsched.exe is typically associtated with identifier name of RPDeviceOnArrival with and identifier of SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\RPDeviceOnArrival. Autoplay will scan removable media, when it arrives, looking for media content types (music, graphics, or video). When a removable media arrives, Windows determines what actions to perform by evaluating the content and comparing it to registered handlers for that content. An application will register a handler for Autoplay events associated with a media type.
Scheduled task - realsched.exe is launched automatically by registering itself into the Windows Task Scheduler under the task name '\Real Player online update program'. Task Scheduler provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals or even with event-based triggers.

Community

What is the community is seeing?What is the community is doing?
About 0.6% of all Boost users have the realsched.exe process running.Of the 0.6% of realsched.exe users, 82.0% have disabled it.
How resource intensive is realsched.exe?
Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.
     1.3 MB RAM6.1%
Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.
         9 GDI objects6.0%
Average number of GUI GDI and USER objects for all programs is 150.
160 context switches/sec160.0%
Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.
Typical file (disk image) location:
C:\Program Files\real\realplayer\update\realsched.exe

Are there other versions of RealPlayer (32-bit) ?

realsched.exe - version 16.0.3.51
realsched.exe - version 16.0.2.32
realsched.exe - version 16.0.1.18
realsched.exe - version 16.0.0.282
realsched.exe - version 15.0.6.14
realsched.exe - version 15.0.5.109 (this)
realsched.exe - version 15.0.4.53
realsched.exe - version 15.0.2.72
realsched.exe - version 15.0.1.13
realsched.exe - version 12.0.1.669
realsched.exe - version 12.0.1.666
realsched.exe - version 12.0.1.647
realsched.exe - version 12.0.1.633
realsched.exe - version 12.0.1.609
realsched.exe - version 0.1.1.868
realsched.exe - version 0.1.1.831
realsched.exe - version 0.1.1.137
realsched.exe - version 0.1.0.4279

What else is related?

pnmi3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
pngu3265.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
setu3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rnqu3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rnms3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpup3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
pngu3266.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
realonemessagecenter.exe (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
recordingmanager.exe (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpwm3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpimageplayer.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpgu3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpflashplayer.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpds3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rpelevation.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rnqu3270.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
rnms3270.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
pnmi3270.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
faus3270.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
sonr3210.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
recf3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)
cont3260.dll (RealPlayer (32-bit) by RealNetworks)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic (6.0.6002.131072)
Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)
Windows 8 Pro (6.2.9200.0)

About RealNetworks, Inc.

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File details

File name: realsched.exe
Publisher: RealNetworks, Inc. (verified)
Name: RealPlayer (32-bit)
Description: RealNetworks Scheduler
Version: 15.0.5.109
Size: 289.16 KB
Original file name: realsched.exe

Digital certificate

Issued to: RealNetworks
Certificate authority: Thawte
Effective date: 8/15/2010
Expiration date: 8/16/2011

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages
Total CPU: 0.0005054687%
Privileged CPU: 0.0005054687%
User CPU: 0%
Privileged CPU time: 62.4 ms
Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms
CPU cycle count: 852,323,743
Context switches /sec: 160
Memory utilization averages
Committed memory: 66.18 MB
Peak committed memory: 70.95 MB
Paged memory: 1.3 MB
Peak paged memory: 1.36 MB
Paged system memory: 125.6 KB
Non-paged system memory: 6.09 KB
Working set memory: 260 KB
Peak working set memory: 4.4 MB
Min working set memory: 200 KB
Private memory: 1.3 MB
Page faults: 775,099
Page faults /min: 0
Process I/O averages
Total read operations: 5
Total read transfer: 30.12 KB
Total write operations: 1
Total write transfer: 863 Bytes
Total other operations: 911
Total other transfer: 6.39 KB
GUI Object Averages
GDI objects: 9
Peak GDI objects: 10
USER objects: 9
Peak USER objects: 10
Resources
Handle count average: 123
Thread count average: 5
Thread resource averages

Process details

Runs as (owner): User
Integrety level: Medium
Windows platform: 32-bit
Parent Process
explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft)
Process Command
"C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\Update\realsched.exe" -osboot

Startup files (all users) run details

Name: TkBellExe
Command: "C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\update\realsched.exe" -osboot

Autoplay handler details

Name: RPPlayMediaOnArrival
Command: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoplayHandlers\Handlers\RPPlayMediaOnArrival

Scheduled task details

Name: Real Player オンライン更新プログラム
Command: \Real Player オンライン更新プログラム

Image hashes

MD5: a05602fcf939a0a051d0cdf8c5ceda98
SHA-1: b7a3790cb7de54ae206e7653b80d3f5a8d4e698a
SHA-256: a7fd36fac8366d5b71854934e0b0cc2752c9c2b7173b31c6bde4010864065189

PE image details

File entropy: 6.57887
File packed: No
Import Table
advapi32.dll
gdi32.dll
kernel32.dll
ole32.dll
setupapi.dll
shell32.dll
shlwapi.dll
user32.dll
version.dll
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