Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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LDSvc.exe
License Support by PACE Anti-Piracy
| Version: | 1.3.0.18766 |
| MD5: | 9d14ad63376e9b80d4987dab78b62e21 |
| SHA1: | c4f2a143d8c28d1ceb608c18ff1a5d4b1099d3d0 |
| SHA256: | bb18903455721564d6c8a9cb084a24299b3e013f19f5cdce01f8a1f7d36aa97b |
Overview
ldsvc.exe runs as a service under the name PACE License Services (PaceLicenseDServices) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). Note, some antivirus scanners have flagged this file, however it is not necessarily considered malware (see below for details).
Details
| File name: | ldsvc.exe |
| Publisher: | PACE Anti-Piracy, Inc. |
| Product name: | License Support |
| Description: | PACE License Support Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\pace\services\licenseservices\ldsvc.exe |
| File version: | 1.3.0.18766 |
| Size: | 2.79 MB (2,928,128 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'PaceLicenseDServices' (PACE License Services)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00017316% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005015% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012301% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,287 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 887,459/sec | |
| Context switches: | 51/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.98 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.5 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.79 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 65.97 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 69.72 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.44 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.21 MB | |
| Page faults: | 8,035/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 16 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 12 | |
| Handles: | 156 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\common files\pace\services\licenseservices\ldsvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | PaceLicenseDServices |
| Display name: | PACE License Services |
| Description: | “Services for PACE Licensing Technology” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| LDSvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00028029% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009584% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00018445% | |
| CPU cycles: | 343,815/sec | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory: | 2.83 MB | |
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00026858% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002005% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00024853% | |
| CPU cycles: | 6,634/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
71.43% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
28.57% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 85.71% of License Support.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
36.36% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
|
| Dell |
18.18% |
|
| Toshiba |
18.18% |
|
| Acer |
9.09% |
|
