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
Parent process
Child process
AAWService.exe
Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 9, 0, 1, 0 |
| MD5: | 4d99fca201b72e0f2ca996e357baa170 |
| SHA1: | 6a2d59644fa43d5b581b896b42bed79577ddc6f2 |
| SHA256: | ad007a52e0c13cb0d1214d1d89c5a49955c8568c85e692d28be6941176241dfe |
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 (2,152,152 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 programs 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'
Network connections
[TCP] 70.38.25.71:80
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00104601% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020540% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00084061% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,404,856,317 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,306,484/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 62.57 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 51.95 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 13.97 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 62.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 216.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 279.22 MB | |
| Working set: | 39.27 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 100.98 MB | |
| Page faults: | 5,095,044/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 4.66 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 5,230/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 10.21 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 10/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 139.25 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 33,061/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 26 | |
| Handles: | 1018 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 8 | |
| GUI USER count: | 3 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-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% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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