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SftService.exe
SoftThinks Agent Service by SoftThinks (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 82, 41 |
| MD5: | 21d48d7c9bdef13af16fdcbc5719fc3b |
| SHA1: | 01b6c9371bf7fddffc78a0d53071cdceca5f4350 |
| SHA256: | b9e680aba63fdaeb1cf8cd96eca82375ea796b2a659fe6076c094eec46e36975 |
Overview
sftservice.exe runs as a service under the name SoftThinks Agent Service (SftService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dell DataSafe Local Backup published by Dell Inc., Dell DataSafe Local Backup from Dell Inc. and Dell DataSafe Local Backup by Dell Inc.. The file is digitally signed by SoftThinks which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | sftservice.exe |
| Publisher: | SoftThinks |
| Product name: | SoftThinks Agent Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dell datasafe local backup\sftservice.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 82, 41 |
| Size: | 643.22 KB (658,656 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | SoftThinks |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, November 1, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is a backup application installed on Dell Inspiron, Studio and XPS computers as of April 22, 2009.
Unlike previous versions of Dell's system protection software, Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is able to restore a Dell computer to the original factory-installed configuration without erasing personal files and data.
Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is available in Basic, Pro and RAID1 versions.”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'SftService' (SoftThinks Agent Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00015186% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00011747% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003439% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 289 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,643/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.23 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 13.25 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.86 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.23 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 56.3 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 61.93 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.62 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 13.49 MB | |
| Page faults: | 6,082/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 10 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 114 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dell datasafe local backup\sftservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SftService |
| Display name: | SoftThinks Agent Service |
| Description: | “SoftThinks Agent Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003284% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003284% | |
| CPU cycles: | 684/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| sftservice.EXE (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002367% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001546% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000821% | |
| CPU cycles: | 368/sec | |
| Memory: | 648 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
United States installs about 100.00% of SoftThinks Agent Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
|
