Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 1.93%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 0.11%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 2.90%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.27%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.05%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 2.68%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 15.40%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.11%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423) 0.11%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520) 0.05%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455) 0.11%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 6.49%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 43.56%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 20.49%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 4.02%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.21%
6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) 0.91%
6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) 0.11%
6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) 0.16%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.21%

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegCreateKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegCloseKey, RegSetValueExW, TraceMessage, DuplicateTokenEx, RegQueryValueExW, GetUserNameW, GetTraceLoggerHandle, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, SetServiceStatus, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, CopySid, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, MakeAbsoluteSD, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, AddAce, InitializeAcl, GetAclInformation, IsValidSecurityDescriptor, RegEnumValueW, LookupAccountNameW, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, OpenSCManagerW, OpenServiceW, CloseServiceHandle, CreateServiceW, ControlService, DeleteService, InitiateShutdownW, RegGetValueW, RegUnLoadKeyW, RegLoadKeyW, CheckTokenMembership, SetSecurityInfo, LsaNtStatusToWinError, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, GetSecurityInfo, EventRegister, EventEnabled, EventUnregister, EventWrite, SetThreadToken, OpenThreadToken, StartTraceW, EnableTrace, ControlTraceW, LsaFreeMemory, GetWindowsAccountDomainSid, ConvertSidToStringSidW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, RevertToSelf, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, LsaClose, SetFileSecurityW, LogonUserExExW, LookupPrivilegeValueW, EqualSid, LsaOpenPolicy, LsaQueryInformationPolicy, OpenProcessToken, QueryServiceStatus, EnumDependentServicesW, TraceEvent, LogonUserW, SetNamedSecurityInfoW
bcrypt.dll
BCryptOpenAlgorithmProvider, BCryptHashData, BCryptFinishHash, BCryptCloseAlgorithmProvider, BCryptCreateHash, BCryptGetProperty, BCryptDestroyHash
clusapi.dll
GetNodeClusterState
kernel32.dll
CreateThread, GetTickCount, RemoveDirectoryW, HeapSetInformation, CreateWaitableTimerW, WaitForSingleObjectEx, GetCommandLineW, GetCurrentThreadId, CopyFileW, DeviceIoControl, GetFullPathNameW, GetDriveTypeW, GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW, lstrlenW, GetVolumePathNameW, FindVolumeClose, OutputDebugStringW, GlobalAlloc, GlobalLock, GlobalFree, GlobalUnlock, SetErrorMode, CancelIoEx, GetFileAttributesExW, QueryDosDeviceW, DeleteVolumeMountPointW, GetLogicalDrives, SetVolumeMountPointW, SetWaitableTimer, GetLocalTime, GetFileSize, GetLongPathNameW, SetFileValidData, SetFilePointerEx, SetEndOfFile, GetVolumeInformationW, CancelIo, GetOverlappedResult, GetCurrentThread, SleepEx, SetFilePointer, CompareStringOrdinal, CopyFileExW, LocalAlloc, SetLastError, FormatMessageW, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetTickCount64, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetWindowsDirectoryW, GetSystemInfo, GetProductInfo, GetComputerNameExW, GetTempPathW, GetVersionExW, SetFileAttributesW, GetFileInformationByHandle, GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPointW, FindNextFileW, SetFileInformationByHandle, GetFileInformationByHandleEx, CreateDirectoryW, FindFirstFileW, GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW, GetDiskFreeSpaceExW, GetFileAttributesW, OutputDebugStringA, GetCurrentProcessId, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoW, InterlockedCompareExchange, FindNextVolumeW, FindFirstVolumeW, GetTimeZoneInformation, SetThreadExecutionState, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, Sleep, SetVolumeLabelW, FileTimeToSystemTime, CompareFileTime, FindClose, MoveFileW, ReadFile, MoveFileExW, FlushFileBuffers, WriteFile, DeleteFileW, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, GetSystemTime, LocalFree, GetFileSizeEx, CreateFileW, ResetEvent, WaitForSingleObject, SetEvent, CloseHandle, CreateEventW, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DeleteCriticalSection, lstrcmpiW, EnterCriticalSection, GetProcAddress, GetLastError, RaiseException, MultiByteToWideChar, GetModuleFileNameW, LeaveCriticalSection, SizeofResource, InitializeCriticalSection, GetModuleHandleW, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, LoadLibraryExW, LoadResource, FreeLibrary, FindResourceExW, TlsGetValue, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapReAlloc, HeapFree, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, GetEnvironmentVariableW, InterlockedExchange, CreateSymbolicLinkW, CompareStringW, FindResourceW, LoadLibraryW, GetVersionExA
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
netapi32.dll
NetShareAdd, NetApiBufferFree, NetShareDel, NetShareGetInfo
ntdll.dll
ZwDeviceIoControlFile, ZwResetEvent, ZwQueryInformationFile, RtlStringFromGUID, RtlFreeUnicodeString, RtlGUIDFromString, NtQuerySystemInformation, ZwAllocateUuids, NtOpenKey, NtDeviceIoControlFile, NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject, NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject, NtWaitForSingleObject, NtClose, NtCreateEvent, NtQueryValueKey, NtSetValueKey, NtOpenFile, NtResetEvent, NtCreateKey, NtSetSecurityObject, NtDeleteKey, NtQueryInformationFile, NtQueryKey, NtQueryVolumeInformationFile, NtSetInformationKey, RtlSetAllBits, RtlSetBits, RtlInitializeBitMap, RtlSetBit, RtlNumberOfSetBits, RtlAreBitsSet, RtlClearAllBits, EtwTraceMessage, RtlNumberOfClearBits, RtlCompareMemory, RtlFindNextForwardRunClear, RtlClearBits, RtlAreBitsClear, NtCreateFile, RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U, WinSqmAddToStreamEx, RtlCreateSystemVolumeInformationFolder, RtlGetSetBootStatusData, RtlUnlockBootStatusData, ZwDeleteFile, ZwQueryVolumeInformationFile, ZwWaitForSingleObject, ZwOpenSymbolicLinkObject, LdrGetDllHandle, LdrGetProcedureAddress, RtlGetVersion, RtlInitAnsiString, ZwQuerySymbolicLinkObject, ZwCreateEvent, RtlSetOwnerSecurityDescriptor, ZwOpenKey, RtlCreateSecurityDescriptor, RtlLengthSid, ZwEnumerateKey, ZwDeleteKey, RtlAllocateAndInitializeSid, ZwLoadKey, RtlAddAccessAllowedAceEx, ZwSetSecurityObject, RtlLengthSecurityDescriptor, ZwQueryValueKey, ZwCreateFile, ZwOpenProcessTokenEx, ZwSaveKey, ZwAdjustPrivilegesToken, ZwSetValueKey, ZwDeleteValueKey, RtlSetDaclSecurityDescriptor, RtlFreeSid, ZwQueryAttributesFile, RtlCreateAcl, ZwOpenThreadTokenEx, ZwCreateKey, ZwUnloadKey, RtlInitUnicodeString, WinSqmAddToStream, RtlNtStatusToDosError, RtlGetLastNtStatus, RtlFreeHeap, ZwClose, ZwQuerySystemInformation, ZwOpenFile, RtlAllocateHeap, ZwQueryKey, NtDeleteFile, NtAllocateUuids, NtSaveKey, NtDeleteValueKey, NtOpenThreadToken, NtOpenProcessToken, NtAdjustPrivilegesToken, NtLoadKey, NtUnloadKey, NtQueryAttributesFile, NtEnumerateKey
ole32.dll
CoRegisterClassObject, CoRevokeClassObject, CoCreateGuid, CLSIDFromString, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemAlloc, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeSecurity, CoSuspendClassObjects, CoResumeClassObjects, CreateClassMoniker, CoDisconnectObject, GetRunningObjectTable, CoImpersonateClient, CoRevertToSelf
rpcrt4.dll
UuidToStringW, UuidCreate, UuidFromStringW, RpcStringFreeW
setupapi.dll
SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryPropertyW, SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList, SetupGetInfDriverStoreLocationW, SetupDiGetClassDevsW, SetupDiEnumDeviceInterfaces, SetupDiGetDeviceInterfaceDetailW, SetupEnumPublishedInfW
spp.dll
SppFreeBadWritersArray
user32.dll
CharUpperW, MessageBoxW, UnregisterClassA, CharUpperBuffW, CharNextW, LoadStringW, PostThreadMessageW, GetMessageW, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageW
virtdisk.dll
CreateVirtualDisk, GetVirtualDiskOperationProgress, GetStorageDependencyInformation, AttachVirtualDisk, OpenVirtualDisk, GetVirtualDiskPhysicalPath, SetVirtualDiskInformation, CompactVirtualDisk, DetachVirtualDisk, GetVirtualDiskInformation
vssapi.dll
VssFreeSnapshotPropertiesInternal, CreateVssBackupComponentsInternal, CreateVssExamineWriterMetadataInternal
wer.dll
WerReportSetParameter, WerReportSubmit, WerReportCreate, WerReportAddFile, WerReportCloseHandle
xmllite.dll
CreateXmlReaderInputWithEncodingName, CreateXmlReader

wbengine.exe

Microsoft Block Level Backup Engine Service EXE by Microsoft

Remove wbengine.exe
Version:   6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)
MD5:   b85ed520d374c3cf39980e23e1c8c6db
SHA1:   a2316ce27412249902f224a23d858dd7026f6e52
SHA256:   f5d1f14d7d460f3a6781b68d168dbd0d689fb5d4cde987b1fcc00d56223ea4ee
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is wbengine.exe?

Block Level Backup Engine Service allows for a Complete PC backup at the block level of the Hard Drive, versus file by file. This means you get an image of the hard drive. This service backs up your PC at the block level and not file by file. This essentially means creating an image of the drive. This service is part of Vista's drive backup capability.

Overview

wbengine.exe runs as a service under the name Servicio del módulo de copia de seguridad a nivel de bloque (wbengine) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:wbengine.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft® Block Level Backup Engine Service EXE
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\wbengine.exe
Original name:wbengine.exe.mui
File version:6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)
Product version:6.2.8400.0
Size:1.29 MB (1,350,656 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
Entropy:6.665709
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'wbengine' (Servicio del módulo de copia de seguridad a nivel de bloque)
  • 'wbengine'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00706442%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00476080%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00230361%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:31 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:1,957/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.16 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.82 MB
Private (minimum):4.79 MB
Non-paged memory:1.16 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:33.84 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):34.35 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.8 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):4.83 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:1,246/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:0 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:24 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:11 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:112
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Windows\System32\wbengine.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:wbengine
Display name:Servicio del módulo de copia de seguridad a nivel de bloque
Description:“Copias de seguridad de Windows usa el servicio WBENGINE para realizar operaciones de copia de seguridad y recuperación. Si el usuario detiene este servicio, es posible que se produzcan errores en la operación de copia de seguridad o de recuperación que se esté ejecutando. Si se deshabilita este servicio, es posible que se deshabiliten las operaciones de copia de seguridad y de recuperación que usa”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 33.00%
Windows 8.1 18.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 8.00%
Windows 7 Professional 6.00%
Windows 8 4.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 3.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 3.00%
Windows 8 Pro 3.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 2.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 1.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N 1.00%
Windows 8.1 N 0.50%
Windows Seven Black Edition 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 46.73% of Microsoft® Block Level Backup Engine Service EXE.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 19.53%
Hewlett-Packard 17.97%
ASUS 17.97%
Acer 12.50%
Toshiba 10.16%
Lenovo 9.38%
Sony 4.69%
Intel 2.34%
GIGABYTE 1.95%
Samsung 1.56%
Alienware 1.17%
Medion 0.78%
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