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45%
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

11.5.0.0 build 56285 34.12%
11.4.100.0 build 50818 14.12%
11.03.005 51.76%

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advapi32.dll
RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegSetValueExA, RegCreateKeyExA, IsValidSid, CopySid, GetLengthSid, AddAce, InitializeAcl, GetAclInformation, MakeSelfRelativeSD, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventA, RegisterEventSourceA, RegDeleteKeyA, RegEnumKeyExA, QueryServiceConfigA, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, MakeAbsoluteSD, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, SetServiceStatus, RegDeleteValueA, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceA, OpenSCManagerA, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerA, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA, SetNamedSecurityInfoA, GetAce, GetNamedSecurityInfoA, CryptReleaseContext, CryptAcquireContextA, CryptGenRandom
kernel32.dll
CloseHandle, DeviceIoControl, CreateFileA, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, GetLastError, GetVersionExA, WriteFile, GetSystemDirectoryA, QueryDosDeviceA, GetDriveTypeA, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, SetWaitableTimer, CreateWaitableTimerA, CreateThread, InterlockedExchange, GetACP, GetLocaleInfoA, MultiByteToWideChar, WideCharToMultiByte, RaiseException, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, WaitForSingleObjectEx, CreateMutexA, ReleaseMutex, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryA, GetModuleFileNameA, SetEvent, SuspendThread, ResumeThread, FindClose, FindNextFileA, FindFirstFileA, CreateDirectoryA, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, GetOverlappedResult, DisconnectNamedPipe, ConnectNamedPipe, CreateEventA, OpenProcess, WaitForSingleObject, CreateNamedPipeA, GetTempPathA, GetCurrentProcessId, SetLastError, LocalFree, Sleep, OpenMutexA, GetLocalTime, GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetFileAttributesA, GetFileAttributesExA, DeleteFileA, RemoveDirectoryA, MoveFileA, InterlockedCompareExchange, FormatMessageA, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, RtlUnwind, ExitProcess, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, VirtualQuery, GetModuleHandleA, GetCommandLineA, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetCPInfo, TlsAlloc, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, HeapReAlloc, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, HeapSize, QueryPerformanceCounter, HeapDestroy, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, IsBadWritePtr, GetOEMCP, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStdHandle, UnhandledExceptionFilter, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, FlushFileBuffers, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, GetUserDefaultLCID, EnumSystemLocalesA, IsValidLocale, IsValidCodePage, IsBadReadPtr, IsBadCodePtr, SetStdHandle, GetLocaleInfoW, SetEndOfFile, GetProcessHeap
user32.dll
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fnplicensingservice.exe

FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit) by Macrovision Corporation (Signed)

Remove fnplicensingservice.exe
Version:   11.03.005
MD5:   227846995afeefa70d328bf5334a86a5
SHA1:   d789b285428c748d43f85aa2048892ca218985b0
SHA256:   b8ef22de552b44e7dc352742c775bb6b4992b653af4b66b231a60182ce7a7201

What is fnplicensingservice.exe?

FlexNet Publisher (formerly known as FLEXlm) is a common software license manager from Flexera Software which implements license management and is intended to be used in corporate environments to provide floating licenses to multiple end users of computer software.

About fnplicensingservice.exe (from Macrovision Corporation)

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DetailsDetails

File name:fnplicensingservice.exe
Publisher:Macrovision Europe Ltd.
Product name:FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit)
Description:Activation Licensing Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\macrovision shared\flexnet publisher\fnplicensingservice.exe
File version:11.03.005
Size:639.5 KB (654,848 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Macrovision Corporation
Authority (CA):Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.
Effective date:Thursday, February 9, 2006
Expiration date:Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
Entropy:6.737704
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • FLEXnet Licensing Service

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00027779%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00020636%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00007143%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:624 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:31,723/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.63 MB
Private (minimum):784 KB
Non-paged memory:1.91 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:33.09 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):34.34 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:1.08 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.79 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,261/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:613 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:23 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:462 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:61
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\macrovision shared\flexnet publisher\fnplicensingservice.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Display name:FLEXnet Licensing Service
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 28.57%
Microsoft Windows XP 21.43%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.86%
Windows 7 Professional 10.71%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 7.14%
Windows 8 Enterprise 3.57%
Windows 7 Starter 3.57%
Windows 8 Pro 3.57%
Windows 7 Enterprise 3.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 37.04% of FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit).

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 27.59%
Hewlett-Packard 13.79%
Lenovo 13.79%
ASUS 13.79%
GIGABYTE 6.90%
Intel 6.90%
Sony 6.90%
American Megatrends 3.45%
Acer 3.45%
Samsung 3.45%
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