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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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VPDAgent_x64.exe
Virtual Printer Driver by Two Pilots
| Version: | 3, 19, 0, 0 |
| MD5: | 8492d198ca7b91202816a23f7230d11b |
| SHA1: | a69a8d707a66e1077bc8f5c4c5bfe8c1f1098044 |
| SHA256: | 439cb84b41a4087fd52bd206051412485f590684c71ca3a373ffeb2616060fae |
Overview
vpdagent_x64.exe runs as a service under the name Agent (Agent) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC).
Details
| File name: | vpdagent_x64.exe |
| Publisher: | Two Pilots |
| Product name: | Virtual Printer Driver |
| Description: | Virtual Printer Driver component |
| Typical file path: | C:\windows\vpdagent_x64.exe |
| File version: | 3, 19, 0, 0 |
| Product version: | 7, 3, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 145 KB (148,480 bytes) |
| 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)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001035% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000821% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000214% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 44 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 124,152/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.42 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.81 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.14 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.42 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 32.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 34.28 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.32 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.83 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,294/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 13 | |
| Handles: | 71 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | C:\windows\vpdagent_x64.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Agent |
| Display name: | Agent |
| Description: | “This service delivers virtual printer driver notifications to user mode clients. Part of the EMF Virtual Printer Driver software.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| MSVCR80.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003785% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003485% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000301% | |
| CPU cycles: | 12,673/sec | |
| Memory: | 804 KB | |
| VPDAgent_x64.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002557% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002181% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000376% | |
| CPU cycles: | 336/sec | |
| Memory: | 156 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.18% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
17.65% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.76% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
11.76% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
11.76% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.88% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 88.24% of Virtual Printer Driver.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
46.15% |
|
| Sony |
15.38% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
15.38% |
|
| Dell |
15.38% |
|
| Sahara |
7.69% |
|
