Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
8.33% |
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| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
33.33% |
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| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
33.33% |
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| 9, 0, 0, 0 |
25.00% |
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Relationships
AAWService.exe
Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 9, 0, 1, 0 |
| MD5: | 462b0fc065f6539f070462eeb7ecb20e |
| SHA1: | e82b7c4feb8e86ec5d13f802f9f05f78c2edafbb |
| SHA256: | 563883e6d43a533da16ca80d40d5a75a21a5a092cc0886b22b6cce19322a98c6 |
What is AAWService.exe?
Ad-Aware Service Application is part of Ad-Aware, an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
About AAWService.exe (from Lavasoft Limited)
“Built upon our legendary anti-spyware and antivirus protection, Ad-Aware real-time web-filtering technology safeguards your PC against phishing attacks and online scams, allowing you to stay protected”
Details
| File name: | AAWService.exe |
| Publisher: | Lavasoft Limited |
| Product name: | Ad-Aware Service Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawservice.exe |
| File version: | 9, 0, 1, 0 |
| Size: | 2.05 MB (2,151,640 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 27, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.418137 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Ad-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.04492175% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01388682% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03103493% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 17,665 ms/min | |
| User CPU time: | 2,493 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 67.53 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 16.41 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 16.41 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 67.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 233.27 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 286.55 MB | |
| Working set: | 28.27 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 97.99 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,030,574/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6.92 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 19,373/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 709.37 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 204/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 285.31 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 17,881/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 25 | |
| Handles: | 688 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
Process properties
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service |
| Display name: | Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
44.44% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
22.22% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.22% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.14% of Ad-Aware Service Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
66.67% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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