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psiservice_2.exe
PsiService System Service by Protexis Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 03.00.02.15 |
| MD5: | 543a4ef0923bf70d126625b034ef25af |
| SHA1: | 1cb6523829eca779ee9d7d4abb87d35f702f61d1 |
| SHA256: | 9cc82c5221f11850419a796d48d5452b3dee0c8e8e85a818f4aaa869673f9740 |
Overview
psiservice_2.exe runs as a service under the name Protexis Licensing V2 (PSI_SVC_2) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Licensing Service Install published by Protexis Inc., JascUpdate and JascUpdate. The file is digitally signed by Protexis Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | psiservice_2.exe |
| Publisher: | Protexis Inc. |
| Product name: | PsiService System Service |
| Description: | PsiService PsiService |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\common files\protexis\license service\psiservice_2.exe |
| Original name: | PSIService.exe |
| File version: | 03.00.02.15 |
| Size: | 185.28 KB (189,728 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Protexis Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, April 22, 2007 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'PSI_SVC_2' (Protexis Licensing V2)
- PSI_SVC_2
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00017371% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008628% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00008743% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 205,767 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 13,699/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.17 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.26 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.07 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.17 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 29.77 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 34.33 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.25 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.88 MB | |
| Page faults: | 160,604/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 276 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 8 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2.5 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 72 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\common files\protexis\license service\psiservice_2.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\archivos comunes\protexis\license service\psiservice_2.exe"
|
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | PSI_SVC_2 |
| Display name: | Protexis Licensing V2 |
| Description: | “This service provides Protexis licensing functionalty.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00369062% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00203476% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00165586% | |
| CPU cycles: | 101,448/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00023038% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00023038% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 517/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| PsiService_2.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012819% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006740% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006080% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,192/sec | |
| Memory: | 196 KB | |
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000583% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000583% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 18/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
38.92% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.59% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
12.97% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.73% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
5.41% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.86% |
|
| Windows 8 |
3.24% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
3.24% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
2.16% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation |
1.08% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.08% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro N |
1.08% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
1.08% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.54% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 42.16% of PsiService System Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Sony |
21.12% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.39% |
|
| Toshiba |
13.66% |
|
| ASUS |
12.42% |
|
| Dell |
12.42% |
|
| Acer |
10.56% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
3.73% |
|
| NEC |
3.73% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.48% |
|
| MSI |
2.48% |
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