FWService.exe
PC Tools Firewall Plus by PC Tools (Signed)
| Version: | 6, 0, 0, 82 |
| MD5: | c45ed958d60b95e98bacb45f4f2f1649 |
| SHA1: | f5ff12ef44ec5eadc44c6dfa571d6d67a1ae4b80 |
| SHA256: | 7ce62bec9abcb87a6680cecc8dd0acf93f157af74baaed6d458f603d9a01279d |
Overview
fwservice.exe runs as a service under the name PC Tools Firewall Plus (PCToolsFirewallPlus) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program PC Tools Firewall Plus 6.0 published by PC Tools Software. The file is digitally signed by PC Tools which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | fwservice.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Tools |
| Product name: | PC Tools Firewall Plus |
| Description: | PC Tools Firewall Plus service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pc tools firewall plus\fwservice.exe |
| File version: | 6, 0, 0, 82 |
| Size: | 799.25 KB (818,432 bytes) |
| Build date: | 11/6/2009 11:07 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Tools |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“PC Tools Firewall Plus is a comprehensive software solution for identifying and eliminating malware, while giving you the possibility of managing network access for open applications. PC Tools Firewall Plus detects when you connect to a local network for the first time and enables users to define rules for each and every local network your PC joins. ”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'PCToolsFirewallPlus' (PC Tools Firewall Plus)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00060109% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00031910% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00028199% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,215 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 18.02 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 24.57 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 12.84 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 18.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 136.44 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 147.05 MB | |
| Working set: | 13.07 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 24.73 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 39 | |
| Handles: | 590 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\pc tools firewall plus\fwservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | PCToolsFirewallPlus |
| Display name: | PC Tools Firewall Plus |
| Description: | “PC Tools Firewall Plus service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00389154% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00389154% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,352,089/sec | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| FWService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00181589% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00064867% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00116722% | |
| CPU cycles: | 56,994/sec | |
| Memory: | 808 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Germany installs about 50.00% of PC Tools Firewall Plus.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
100.00% |
|
