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vssvc.exe
Microsoft Volumeschattenkopie-Dienst by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) |
| MD5: | d0c69e44bc1e1d4ad290fd84104623d8 |
| SHA1: | cf2152361efd2a2d28862d337087c82487aec705 |
| SHA256: | 4c86760ea4bd2a64ffd42d89284ec3e5048cb2f0f6f3b80d017b41c0d2456a90 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
vssvc.exe runs as a service under the name Instantáneas de volumen (VSS) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This version is installed on Windows 8 and is compiled as a 64 bit program.
Details
| File name: | vssvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® Volumeschattenkopie-Dienst |
| Description: | Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe |
| Original name: | VSSVC.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) |
| Product version: | 6.2.9200.16384 |
| Size: | 1.42 MB (1,483,776 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/4/2013 4:37 AM |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'VSS' (Instantáneas de volumen)
- VSS
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.06728450% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.05179507% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01548943% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 12,390,979 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 49,432/sec | |
| Context switches: | 21/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.94 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 5.65 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 53.57 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 59.58 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.98 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.84 MB | |
| Page faults: | 14,949/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 66 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 2.9 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 186 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 6/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 171 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | VSS |
| Display name: | Instantáneas de volumen |
| Description: | “Administra e implementa Instantáneas de volumen usadas para copias de seguridad y otros propósitos. Si este servicio se detiene, las instantáneas se deshabilitarán para la copia de seguridad y ésta generará un error. Si este servicio está deshabilitado, se producirá un error al iniciar cualquier servicio que explícitamente dependa de él.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.02963951% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01886146% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01077805% | |
| CPU cycles: | 532,967/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory: | 660 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.01412306% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01412306% | |
| CPU cycles: | 409,536/sec | |
| Context switches: | 8/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.75 MB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00961875% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00443999% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00517876% | |
| CPU cycles: | 241,956/sec | |
| Memory: | 288 KB | |
| vssvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00887998% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00887998% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 268,682/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.43 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 |
48.36% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
30.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
9.02% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
6.56% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
4.10% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
1.64% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.19% of Microsoft® Volumeschattenkopie-Dienst.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
20.73% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.68% |
|
| Acer |
11.59% |
|
| Lenovo |
10.98% |
|
| Dell |
9.76% |
|
| ASUS |
8.54% |
|
| Sony |
8.54% |
|
| Intel |
4.88% |
|
| Samsung |
2.44% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.44% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.22% |
|
| MSI |
1.22% |
|