aawwsc.exe

By Lavasoft AB (Signed)

Remove aawwsc.exe
MD5:   e7b4769c4e83ed873b616d72da8b8cba
SHA1:   c584359c1c54c0b7c999817f0f02125723a929f3
SHA256:   2b3fc1b9842424fcead7988e652757154d48af8c0e462e2624f535f2f725aaf0

Overview

aawwsc.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent aawservice.exe (Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft AB). This is typically installed with the program Ad-Aware published by Lavasoft. The file is digitally signed by Lavasoft AB which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).

DetailsDetails

File name:aawwsc.exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawwsc.exe
Size:737.4 KB (755,096 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Lavasoft AB
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, October 9, 2008
Expiration date:Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Lavasoft
9% remove
Ad-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00024277%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00004840%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00019437%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:62 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:12,402/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.74 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):15.11 MB
Private (minimum):5.06 MB
Non-paged memory:1.74 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:60.45 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):60.45 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:15.11 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):15.25 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:9,178/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:4.9 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:198 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:1
12
Handles:55
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawwsc.exe" /antispywareenable
  • "C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawwsc.exe" /antivirusenable
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:aawservice.exe (Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft AB)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 100.00%
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