Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Fork Ltd publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
 PE file structure
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Import table
mscoree.dll
DllMain
cronsvc.exe
PreyService by Fork Ltd
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | 2c53ab51f07ef7b58d32c36d8f2f8c16 |
| SHA1: | 40a22c9bfac00f257eed5d795c943fbaa0a1c0d1 |
| SHA256: | bc5284c83cd6faaf26794ebd2e861b5b1239be319f3fc1c7393b53d3846ca2b3 |
Overview
cronsvc.exe runs as a service under the name Cron Service for Prey (CronService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | cronsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Fork Ltd. |
| Product name: | PreyService |
| Typical file path: | C:\prey\platform\windows\cronsvc.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 23 KB (23,552 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'CronService' (Cron Service for Prey)
- CronService
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00126314% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00099553% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026760% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 811 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 57,365/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.7 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 11.03 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.67 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 118.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 123.19 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.86 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.22 MB | |
| Page faults: | 7,461/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 106 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 682 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 12/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 7 | |
| Handles: | 280 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\prey\platform\windows\cronsvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | CronService |
| Display name: | Cron Service for Prey |
| Description: | “Executes the anti-theft software Prey as the system or current logged in user.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
37.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
12.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
12.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 87.50% of PreyService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
72.73% |
|
| Dell |
18.18% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
9.09% |
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