Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Child processes
HWDeviceService.exe
HWDeviceService
| Version: | 2, 0, 0, 42 |
| MD5: | e956c0614367d4106a4411f151d494a5 |
| SHA1: | b67d1fe7c55993697243d82cd936af681409dc1d |
| SHA256: | 5182a740ed50a59d3b3a8ed8b3a12b95367b011c2a31c76bff75c49fc960c676 |
Overview
hwdeviceservice.exe runs as a service under the name HWDeviceService.exe with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access).
Details
| File name: | hwdeviceservice.exe |
| Product name: | HWDeviceService |
| Description: | DCSHOST |
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\datacardservice\hwdeviceservice.exe |
| File version: | 2, 0, 0, 42 |
| Size: | 258.5 KB (264,704 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
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: | 0.00572617% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00289359% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00283258% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,352,274 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 434,687/sec | |
| Context switches: | 23/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.8 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.65 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.04 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.8 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 49.66 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 52.84 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.24 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.18 MB | |
| Page faults: | 19,978/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 503 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 78 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 60 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 5 | |
| Handles: | 112 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\ProgramData\datacardservice\hwdeviceservice.exe -/service
- "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application data\datacardservice\hwdeviceservice.exe" -/service
|
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | HWDeviceService.exe |
| Description: | “Service for runing Mobile applications autorun.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.18549387% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.10428687% | |
| User CPU: | 0.08120699% | |
| Context switches: | 76/sec | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.05414699% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02630463% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02784235% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,204,311/sec | |
| Context switches: | 21/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| HWDeviceService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00604137% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00520072% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00084065% | |
| CPU cycles: | 112,161/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 276 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
30.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
10.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
10.00% |
|
Distribution by country
India installs about 35.00% of HWDeviceService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Lenovo |
44.44% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
22.22% |
|
| Sahara |
22.22% |
|
| Acer |
11.11% |
|
