Belarc Advisor

Belarc Advisor

by Belarc Inc.

What is Belarc Advisor?

Belarc Advisor is software application developed by Belarc Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 63.71% of installations running this operating system. Belarc Advisor's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 22 files. The most common release is 8.4 with 32.59% of all installations currently using this version.

Belarc Advisor is most popular in the United States with 82.88% of installations residing in this country.

Belarc Advisor adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Belarc Advisor is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Belarc Advisor?

Belarc offers the Belarc Advisor as a complimentary download for personal use. The Belarc Advisor creates an extensive profile of installed software and hardware, identifies missing security patches, assesses anti-virus status, evaluates NIST SCAP security configurations (including USGCB and FDCC), and presents the findings in a web browser interface. All profile data is securely retained on the user's device and is not transmitted to any external web server.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • BelarcAdvisor.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Belarc\BelarcAdvisor\BelarcAdvisor.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • UNWISE.EXE is scheduled as a task with the class '{D124A613-2DCA-41D4-BD97-2AA19C48545C}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.belarc.com
Support:
https://www.belarc.com/download.html#faq
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Belarc\Advisor
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files1\Belarc\Advisor\Uninstall.exe" "C:\Program Files1\Belarc\Advisor\INSTALL.LOG"
Size:
5.00 MB
Language:
English

Belarc Advisor Executable Details

Primary executable:
advisor.exe
Name:
Belarc Advisor
Path:
C:\Program Files\Belarc\Advisor\advisor.exe
MD5:
4578572e6fc0080dcfd8909649e085c8
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Belarc Advisor
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
3df818fbe96ccd62f64ca88fd1a5e96b
EXE
f0d778624e6f3a67034e3958208b2dfc
DLL
51ecf34bd26ca6a05fe92f3fbc2b057e
EXE
06cd92c948c77f2d64dbd6758ca66ccc
EXE
b6763544ecc204767e3222ace4fbfbfe
EXE
78e017c4b9cd7aaef1efabc78dd502b9
EXE
7f6651ccd6f069bcd2616f2e7a5fa680
EXE
aa7f9071fde1c6efbdb66ac213ece311
EXE
fff10d44a1b8f8eb74ec3be997daa728
EXE
abc428757eb6757950d4092b5cd00152