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skydrive.exe

OneDrive Sync Engine by Microsoft

Remove skydrive.exe
Version:   6.3.9600.17122 (winblue_gdr.140512-1255)
MD5:   616d465943838810aeeaf57798481eeb
SHA1:   b059834558db0f55b48b9a3ea456f40ce7058b7b
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

skydrive.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:skydrive.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:OneDrive Sync Engine
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\skydrive.exe
Original name:SkyDrive.exe.mui
File version:6.3.9600.17122 (winblue_gdr.140512-1255)
Product version:6.3.9600.17122
Size:1.07 MB (1,118,720 bytes)
Build date:5/13/2014 5:41 AM
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details
Network connections
  • [TCP] 134.170.104.104:443
  • [TCP] 207.46.101.29:80

    • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00594910%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00267135%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00327774%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:542,272 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:1,957,188/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Context switches:173/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:17.68 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):30.01 MB
    Private (minimum):6.81 MB
    Non-paged memory:17.68 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:165.32 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):173.06 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:11.28 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):36.67 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:280,822/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:6.97 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:4/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:11.54 KB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:2/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:9.37 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:279/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:25
    12
    Handles:637
    600
    GUI GDI count:18
    103
    GUI GDI peak:19
    142
    GUI USER count:24
    49
    GUI USER peak:30
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:C:\Windows\System32\skydrive.exe -embedding
    Owner:User
    Parent process:svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    msvcrt.dll
    Total CPU:0.80755359%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.35673796%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.45081563%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:22,381,279/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:11/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:668 KB
    1.16 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.21617092%
    Kernel CPU:0.11745418%
    User CPU:0.09871674%
    CPU cycles:5,679,750/sec
    Context switches:6/sec
    Memory:1.66 MB
    combase.dll
    Total CPU:0.17088762%
    Kernel CPU:0.10787291%
    User CPU:0.06301471%
    CPU cycles:4,315,578/sec
    Context switches:3/sec
    Memory:1.84 MB
    SyncEngine.DLL
    Total CPU:0.12694360%
    Kernel CPU:0.03415256%
    User CPU:0.09279105%
    CPU cycles:3,286,444/sec
    Context switches:18/sec
    Memory:4.58 MB
    skydrive.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.06461407%
    Kernel CPU:0.01138863%
    User CPU:0.05322544%
    CPU cycles:1,588,469/sec
    Context switches:4/sec
    Memory:1.09 MB
    winbici.dll
    Total CPU:0.00035033%
    Kernel CPU:0.00022100%
    User CPU:0.00012933%
    CPU cycles:11,785/sec
    Memory:132 KB
    wlidprov.dll
    Total CPU:0.00000407%
    Kernel CPU:0.00000407%
    User CPU:0.00000000%
    CPU cycles:85/sec
    Memory:528 KB

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 8.1 Pro 57.14%
    Windows 8.1 28.57%
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 14.29%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United Kingdom installs about 28.57% of OneDrive Sync Engine.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Hewlett-Packard 25.00%
    ASUS 25.00%
    Dell 25.00%
    Acer 25.00%
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