Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

1,0,0,473	15.15%
1,0,0,473	9.09%
1,0,0,473	3.03%
1,0,0,471	3.03%
1,0,0,465	3.03%
1,0,0,460	3.03%
1,0,0,434	3.03%
1,0,0,433	15.15%
1,0,0,433	3.03%
1,0,0,433	3.03%
1,0,0,433	3.03%
1,0,0,403	3.03%
1,0,0,341	3.03%
1,0,0,341	3.03%
1,0,0,271	3.03%
1,0,0,259	3.03%
1,0,0,259	3.03%
1,0,0,247	3.03%
1,0,0,247	3.03%
1,0,0,247	3.03%
1,0,0,240	3.03%
1,0,0,240	3.03%
1,0,0,237	3.03%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child processes

Related files

schedhlp.exe (Acronis Scheduler Helper by Acronis International GmbH)

schedul2.exe

Acronis Scheduler 2 by Acronis (Signed)

Remove schedul2.exe

Version:	1,0,0,433
MD5:	75a130ced608509b1249244e0c891525
SHA1:	fbc5834266c7f98855e799f84be255296f077025
SHA256:	8aeda050360cd9fe92a1790bd5df8334891160e038df0706e9b9f24296493f1a

What is schedul2.exe?

Acronis Scheduler for Acronis True Image is a backup and disk imaging program for Windows. As a disk imaging software, True Image can restore the previously captured image to another disk, replicating the structure and contents to the new disk, also allowing disk cloning and partition resizing.

About schedul2.exe (from Acronis)

“True Image by Acronis protects your photos, documents, music, mail, programs, contacts, calendars, and more. It stores your content in a secure online location and syncs it with your devices.”

Overview

schedul2.exe runs as a service under the name Service Scheduler2 Acronis (AcrSch2Svc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Acronis Disk Director 12 published by Acronis. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Acronis which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	schedul2.exe
Publisher:	Acronis
Product name:	Acronis Scheduler 2
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\common files\acronis\schedule2\schedul2.exe
File version:	1,0,0,433
Size:	761.66 KB (779,944 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Acronis
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Expiration date:	Friday, September 26, 2008
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:	Yes
.NET NGENed:	No

More details

Programs

The following program will install this file

Acronis Disk Director 12

Acronis

1% remove

Behaviors

Services

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

'AcrSch2Svc' (Service Scheduler2 Acronis)
AcrSch2Svc

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00048099%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00035460%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00012639%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	156,069 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	3,338/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	1.28 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	4.08 MB
Private (minimum):	3.27 MB
Non-paged memory:	1.28 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	45.59 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	47.59 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.62 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	4.11 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	2,764/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	12 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O other transfer:	2 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	1/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	7	12
Handles:	118	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\common files\acronis\schedule2\schedul2.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	AcrSch2Svc
Display name:	Service Scheduler2 Acronis
Description:	“Planification de tâches pour les applications Acronis.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

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