What is TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility?

TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility is software application developed by TOSHIBA Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 67.45% of installations running this operating system. TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 33 files. The most common release is 1.63.0.4C with 20.32% of all installations currently using this version.

TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility is most popular in the United States with 59.07% of installations residing in this country.

TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About TOSHIBA Flash Cards Support Utility?

The Toshiba Flash Cards Support Utility is a software program developed to facilitate support for the integrated flash card port on a variety of Toshiba laptop models. This utility is commonly included as a pre-installed component on new Toshiba laptops. It offers software that allows for the detection of inserted flash cards and works in conjunction with Microsoft Windows to execute selected options when a card is inserted or removed. While Windows provides generic support for flash cards, this utility specifically aids in managing the device driver aspect of the card.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

SVPWUTIL.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\SVPWUTIL.exe'.
HWSetup.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\HWSetup.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

TWebCamera.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F5987E07-AAFB-46B8-A38E-74F9D21A3C78}' (runs on registration).
TACSPROP.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{61B4B40F-AB09-4DA9-BF76-F63017E249DA}' (runs on registration).
HWSetup.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8751C73D-1FF5-43E5-99E0-65110A35D6D8}' (runs on registration).
SVPWUTIL.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{603F11ED-A5CE-4B97-9AA7-CC200EF32163}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

KeNotify.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.

Registry entries:

SVPWUTIL.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'SVPWUTIL' and executes as C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\SVPWUTIL.exe SVPwUTIL.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.csd.toshiba.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\TOSHIBA\Utilities\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{620BBA5E-F848-4D56-8BDA-584E44584C5E}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

Size:

1.00 MB

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