IntuitUpdateService.exe
Intuit Update Service by Intuit (Signed)
| Version: | 3.1.2.0 |
| MD5: | 3dc635b66dd7412e1c9c3a77b8d78f25 |
| SHA1: | c2e9b2e1c70a09b8bf619eae2ed872fbd5e8b9bb |
| SHA256: | d3894065da2d08744863ecc5ee9027a0e39711a6a56aab599f1caf4bb996f42a |
What is IntuitUpdateService.exe?
Intuit Update Service is the software updater program which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks
for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
intuitupdateservice.exe runs as a service under the name Intuit Update Service (IntuitUpdateService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Intuit which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | intuitupdateservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Intuit Inc. |
| Product name: | Intuit Update Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\intuit\update service v4\intuitupdateservice.exe |
| File version: | 3.1.2.0 |
| Size: | 13.35 KB (13,672 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Intuit |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, July 25, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'IntuitUpdateService' (Intuit Update Service)
- 'IntuitUpdateServiceV4' (Intuit Update Service v4)
- IntuitUpdateService
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00138230% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00083294% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00054935% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 4,560 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 139,282/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 20.64 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 8.34 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 610.67 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 20.64 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 161.75 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 168.92 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.23 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 25.14 MB | |
| Page faults: | 460,187/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5.9 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 67 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 80 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 6/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 332 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\intuit\update service\intuitupdateservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | IntuitUpdateService |
| Display name: | Intuit Update Service |
| Description: | “Helps Intuit applications automatically update themselves.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00330565% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00329807% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000758% | |
| CPU cycles: | 43,443/sec | |
| Memory: | 5.66 MB | |
| IntuitUpdateService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00026850% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00012284% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00014566% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,389/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
60.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
8.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
6.67% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
5.33% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of Intuit Update Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
56.79% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
24.69% |
|
| Acer |
7.41% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
4.94% |
|
| Lenovo |
4.94% |
|
| Samsung |
1.23% |
|
