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        SftService.exe
SoftThinks Agent Service by Dell Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.0.6 | 
| MD5: | 820368bff0e36ff72a7de2c20833ffee | 
| SHA1: | 6a974c95982592b58db3d76d5e59a4c320558c8a | 
| SHA256: | b574bc04cbff31efaa6d8aea735ab6039a1debe1f6e5a0007fbfdd9d4ad527f2 | 
About SftService.exe (from Dell Inc)
“SoftThinks Deployment Suite helps manage the entire lifecycle of computers from out-of-box experience to reconfigurations to repairs to refurbishing. With SDS, you can create, store, and manage an unl”
Overview
sftservice.exe runs as a service under the name SftService (SftService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dell Backup and Recovery published by Dell Inc., Dell Backup and Recovery - Support Software from Dell Inc. and Dell Backup and Recovery - Support Software by Dell Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Dell Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | sftservice.exe | 
| Publisher: | SoftThinks SAS | 
| Product name: | SoftThinks Agent Service | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dell datasafe local backup\sftservice.exe | 
| File version: | 3.0.0.6 | 
| Size: | 1.83 MB (1,914,728 bytes) | 
| Build date: | 9/12/2012 7:18 AM | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Dell Inc | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Programs
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“AlienRespawn is a safe, simple and reliable backup and recovery solution that can protect your system (OS, applications, drivers, settings) and data (music, photos, videos, documents and other important files) from data loss. ”
 
“AlienRespawn is a safe, simple and reliable backup and recovery solution that can protect your system (OS, applications, drivers, settings) and data (music, photos, videos, documents and other important files) from data loss. ”
 
“A manual Operating System Re-Install (OSRI) takes a lot of time to complete the procedure, from Windows reinstallation, Drivers and restoring pre-installed software. For Dell Systems, One of the best options we have is to launch a restore utility called the Dell Factory Image from the restore section of DBRM. Just like with a Manual Operating System Reinstallation, you first need to ensure that no data needs to backed up from the system...”
 
“A manual Operating System Re-Install (OSRI) takes a lot of time to complete the procedure, from Windows reinstallation, Drivers and restoring pre-installed software. For Dell Systems, One of the best options we have is to launch a restore utility called the Dell Factory Image from the restore section of DBRM. Just like with a Manual Operating System Reinstallation, you first need to ensure that no data needs to backed up from the system...”
 
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- SftService
- 'SftService'  (SoftThinks Agent Service)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00014001% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006361% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00007640% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 7,242 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 100,489/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 3.05 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.83 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 4.6 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 3.05 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 74.75 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 87.99 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 4.62 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 9.59 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 19,711/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 20 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 106 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 1.98 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 22/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 3 |  | 
| Handles: | 1150 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dell backup and recovery\sftservice.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | SftService | 
| Display name: | SftService | 
| Description: | “SoftThinks Agent Service” | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| SftService.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00005914% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003215% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00002699% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 2,439/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 1.84 MB |  | 
| wow64cpu.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00002629% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00002629% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 159/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 32 KB |  | 
 
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 65.52% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 9.20% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 6.90% |  | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 6.90% |  | 
| Windows 8 Single Language | 4.60% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 3.45% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center | 2.30% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 1.15% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 77.01% of SoftThinks Agent Service.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Dell | 92.68% |  | 
| Alienware | 7.32% |  |