Should I block it?

60%

60% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

2.1.21.0	30.77%
2.1.15.1	7.69%
2.1.11.63	15.38%
2.1.6.43	7.69%
2.1.5.33	30.77%
2.1.5.30	7.69%

Relationships

SWMAgent.exe

SW Update Agent by Samsung Electronics CO. (Signed)

Remove SWMAgent.exe

Version:	2.1.5.33
MD5:	81cda878b92f9818ed76df0ab3d05be1
SHA1:	3fb3ec15e44b91b9fbe52bd50053e608d5f5014d

What is SWMAgent.exe?

SW Update Agent 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

swmagent.exe runs as a service under the name SW Update Service (SWUpdateService) within the local user context. It is an auto-starting process that used the Windows Task Scheduler service to load when the user logs into Windows (sometimes this is required to bypass the UAC protection). The file is digitally signed by Samsung Electronics CO. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	swmagent.exe
Publisher:	Samsung Electronics CO., LTD.
Product name:	SW Update Agent
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\samsung\sw update\swmagent.exe
File version:	2.1.5.33
Product version:	2.1.0.0
Size:	2.71 MB (2,838,648 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	Samsung Electronics CO.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Saturday, June 12, 2010
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Scheduled tasks

Entry path '\SWUpdateAgent'

Scheduled tasks startups

Set to load on user login (bypasses Windows UAC if enabled)

Services

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'SWUpdateService' (SW Update Service)
SWUpdateService

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 59573

[UDP] listens on port 51928

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00502460%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00019353%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00483107%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	2,054 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:	29/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	7.67 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	11.89 MB
Private (minimum):	830 KB
Non-paged memory:	7.67 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	117.96 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	144.51 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.76 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	16.47 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	26,661/min	2,039/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	10	12
Handles:	358	600
GUI GDI count:	32	103
GUI GDI peak:	32	142
GUI USER count:	7	49
GUI USER peak:	8	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Undefined
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\samsung\sw update\swmagent.exe"
Owner:	User
Windows Service
Service name:	SWUpdateService
Display name:	SW Update Service
Type:	Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent processes:	taskeng.exe (Task Scheduler Engine by Microsoft) services.exe (by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

SWMAgent.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.03726510%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.02163672%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.01562837%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	940,637/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	11/sec	79/sec
Memory:	2.75 MB	1.16 MB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:	0.00259883%
Kernel CPU:	0.00259883%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	70,637/sec
Memory:	252 KB
wow64win.dll
Total CPU:	0.00055588%
Kernel CPU:	0.00021008%
User CPU:	0.00034580%
CPU cycles:	3,204/sec
Memory:	360 KB