What is NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows?

NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows is software application developed by NETGEAR Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.16% of installations running this operating system. NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows's installer is typically 12.00 MB in size and installs around 21 files. The most common release is 1.8.0034 with 91.89% of all installations currently using this version.

NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows is most popular in the United States with 45.23% of installations residing in this country.

NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows 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, NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows is known to create 5 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:

recvrsvc.exe runs as a service named 'NETGEAR Receiver Service' (recvrsvc.exe) "Controls shutdown and start up of Windows Media Service".

Firewall:

tagtool.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\tagtool.exe'.
sjcmdwiz.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\sjcmdwiz.exe'.
sharefolder.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\sharefolder.exe'.
receiver.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\receiver.exe'.
ffmpeg.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\ffmpeg.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

receiver.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5BC5339F-A3D4-48AE-B708-5C4857E9CD7F}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

receiver.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'NETGEARDigitalEntertainer' and executes as C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\receiver.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.netgear.com

Support:

https://kbserver.netgear.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\NETGEAR\NETGEAR Digital Entertainer for Windows\

Uninstaller:

MsiExec.exe /X{B909D476-A90E-4A8F-B247-8C75A82FA869}

Size:

12.00 MB

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