Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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fsdfwd.exe
F-Secure Internet Shield by F-Secure Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 6.24.103 |
| MD5: | 469222cb3227bc8a4661abf3bcb14943 |
| SHA1: | fba700ede82acaecaac16d0446149bcc8f8c04e8 |
What is fsdfwd.exe?
F-Secure Internet Shield daemon for F-Secure antivirus the Browsing Protection platform. White-labeled versions of F-Secure’s security software are also available. DeepGuard is an F-Secure in-house developed HIPS or advanced system monitoring technology, which detects new or unknown malware intrusions based on unusual, suspicious changes in the Windows system. DeepGuard is resource intensive and requires fairly strong hardware to work without affecting customer experience.
About fsdfwd.exe (from F-Secure Corporation)
“F-Secure protects the content on your computer and safeguards you when you are browsing the web. Computer security is protection against viruses, spyware, hacker attacks and identity theft. Online saf”
Details
| File name: | fsdfwd.exe |
| Publisher: | F-Secure Corporation |
| Product name: | F-Secure Internet Shield |
| Description: | F-Secure Internet Shield daemon |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\centurylink online security\fwes\program\fsdfwd.exe |
| File version: | 6.24.103 |
| Product version: | 6.24 Build 103 |
| Size: | 821.59 KB (841,312 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | F-Secure Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
| 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)
- 'FSDFWD' (F-Secure Anti-Virus Firewall Daemon)
- FSDFWD
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009560% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002999% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006561% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 57,315 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 9,977,142/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 11.26 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.62 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 792 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 11.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 68.09 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 72.16 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.38 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 12.73 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,429,235/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 12.19 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 119/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 5.62 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 72/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 196.49 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 3,578/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 159 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\centurylink online security\fwes\program\fsdfwd.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | FSDFWD |
| Display name: | F-Secure Anti-Virus Firewall Daemon |
| Description: | “F-Secure Anti-Virus Firewall Daemon” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
25.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of F-Secure Internet Shield.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
100.00% |
|
