vssvc.exe
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 12 versions of vssvc.exe in the wild, the latest version being 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247). It is started as a Windows Service called 'VSS'. In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 876.13 KB. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 5.73 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 10.27 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 11.44 KB per minute for reads and 13.61 KB per minute for writes.
What is vssvc.exe?
The Volume Shadow Copy Service provides the backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows, as well as a mechanism for creating consistent point-in-time copies of data known as shadow copies. The Volume Shadow Copy Service can produce consistent shadow copies by coordinating with business applications, file-system services, backup applications, fast-recovery solutions, and storage hardware.
About vssvc.exe (from Microsoft)
“The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a set of COM APIs that implements a framework to allow volume backups to be performed while applications on a system continue to write to the volumes. VSS provi”
 Details
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| File name: | vssvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe |
| Original name: | VSSVC.EXE.MUI |
| Windows Service |
| Display name: | VSS |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of vssvc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
All file variations of vssvc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
27.50% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.50% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
1.00% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
0.75% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.75% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
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| Windows Se7en Titan |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
0.25% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
0.25% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.25% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.25% |
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| Windows 8 |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.68% of Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
20.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.30% |
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| ASUS |
15.85% |
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| Acer |
12.83% |
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| Toshiba |
10.19% |
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| Sony |
6.04% |
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| Lenovo |
3.77% |
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| GIGABYTE |
3.40% |
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| Samsung |
2.08% |
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| Intel |
1.89% |
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| MSI |
1.51% |
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| Alienware |
0.94% |
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| Medion |
0.75% |
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| Gateway |
0.75% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.57% |
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| Sahara |
0.38% |
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| NEC |
0.38% |
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| Compaq |
0.38% |
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