Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
UpdateService.exe
McAfee Family Protection by McAfee (Signed)
| Version: | 2,0,230,0 |
| MD5: | 19697a1dbb06a54a4ca9c0dee1a27605 |
| SHA1: | cba8626dc3d191f7af4e612a454100dfe408bccb |
Overview
updateservice.exe runs as a service under the name Family Protection Update Service (fpUpdateSvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program McAfee Family Protection published by McAfee, Inc.. The file is digitally signed by McAfee which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | updateservice.exe |
| Publisher: | McAfee, Inc. |
| Product name: | McAfee Family Protection |
| Description: | McAfee Family Protection Update Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\internet content filter\updateservice.exe |
| File version: | 2,0,230,0 |
| Size: | 287.77 KB (294,672 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/10/2012 10:43 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | McAfee |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, October 5, 2011 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“McAfee Family Protection protects children of all ages from exposure to inappropriate content, social networking risks, strangers, and other threats. McAfee Family Protection is proven to be easy-to-use and built to empower parents to say “yes” to their children’s online interests knowing they will be safe as they learn and explore. Our unique YouTube filtering technology prevents exposure to objectionable content yet gives children acc...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'fpUpdateSvc' (Family Protection Update Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000046% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000046% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 251/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.63 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 432 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 212 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 41.37 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 43.37 MB | |
| Working set: | 432 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.02 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,108/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 64 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\internet content filter\updateservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | fpUpdateSvc |
| Display name: | Family Protection Update Service |
| Description: | “Updating service for the parental controls software.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
100.00% |
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