sc.exe
A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
sc.exe has 10 known versions, the most recent one is 6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520). sc.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 40.1 KB. The programs Hotkey 6.0050, Hotkey 3.3020 and Hotkey 3.3029 have been observed as installing specific variations of sc.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 980 KB and typical read I/O operations are around 6 Bytes per minute.
What is sc.exe?
sc.exe is an installed program of the Windows OS and provides utilities developing services for Windows.
 Details
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| File name: | sc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe |
| Original name: | sc.exe.mui |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of sc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Scheduled Start' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start'
- The job 'BitGuard' in the path '\BitGuard'
- The job 'Video Performer Manager' in the path '\Video Performer Manager'
- The task 'bProtector' in the path '\bProtector'
- The job 'FindAmo Manager' in the path '\FindAmo Manager'
- The task 'BrowserDefendert' in the path '\BrowserDefendert'
- The job 'PC Performer Manager' in the path '\PC Performer Manager'
- The task 'SvcRestartTask' runs daily in the path '\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask'
- The job 'Browser Manager' in the path '\Browser Manager'
- The task 'BrowserProtect' in the path '\BrowserProtect'
- The job 'UPnPHostConfig' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\UPnP\UPnPHostConfig'
- The task 'SynchronizeTime' runs weekly in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\SynchronizeTime'
- Entry path 'C:\WINXP\Tasks\BrowserProtect.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Video Performer Manager.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\BrowserProtect.job'
- Entry path '\Sidekick Manager'
- Entry path '\PC Performer Manager'
- Entry path '\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Browser Manager.job'
- Entry path '\BrowserProtect'
- Entry path '\bProtector'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\PC Performer Manager.job'
All file variations of sc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
29.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.75% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.75% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.25% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.75% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.34% of A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.20% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.34% |
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| ASUS |
16.97% |
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| Acer |
11.44% |
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| Toshiba |
9.59% |
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| Lenovo |
5.90% |
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| Sony |
3.69% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.21% |
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| Samsung |
1.85% |
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| Alienware |
0.74% |
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| Medion |
0.74% |
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| Intel |
0.74% |
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| Gateway |
0.74% |
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| MSI |
0.74% |
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| NEC |
0.74% |
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| Sahara |
0.37% |
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