sc.exe
A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
sc.exe has 10 known versions, the most recent one is 6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520). sc.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. During installation the program adds a job to the Task Scheduler. The average file size is about 40.1 KB. The programs Hotkey 6.0050, Hotkey 3.3020 and QS/1 Install Agent have been observed as installing specific variations of sc.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0000% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 980 KB and typical read I/O operations are around 6 Bytes per minute.
What is sc.exe?
sc.exe is an installed program of the Windows OS and provides utilities developing services for Windows.
 Details
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| File name: | sc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe |
| Original name: | sc.exe.mui |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT.)
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of sc.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The task 'Scheduled Start' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start'
- The job 'BitGuard' in the path '\BitGuard'
- The job 'Video Performer Manager' in the path '\Video Performer Manager'
- The task 'bProtector' in the path '\bProtector'
- The job 'FindAmo Manager' in the path '\FindAmo Manager'
- The task 'BrowserDefendert' in the path '\BrowserDefendert'
- The job 'PC Performer Manager' in the path '\PC Performer Manager'
- The task 'SvcRestartTask' runs daily in the path '\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask'
- The job 'Browser Manager' in the path '\Browser Manager'
- The task 'BrowserProtect' in the path '\BrowserProtect'
- The job 'UPnPHostConfig' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\UPnP\UPnPHostConfig'
- The task 'SynchronizeTime' runs weekly in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\SynchronizeTime'
- Entry path 'C:\WINXP\Tasks\BrowserProtect.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Video Performer Manager.job'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\BrowserProtect.job'
- Entry path '\Sidekick Manager'
- Entry path '\PC Performer Manager'
- Entry path '\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Browser Manager.job'
- Entry path '\BrowserProtect'
- Entry path '\bProtector'
- Entry path 'C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\PC Performer Manager.job'
All file variations of sc.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
29.25% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.75% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.75% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
2.25% |
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| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.75% |
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| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.25% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.34% of A tool to aid in developing services for WindowsNT.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.20% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
17.34% |
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| ASUS |
16.97% |
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| Acer |
11.44% |
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| Toshiba |
9.59% |
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| Lenovo |
5.90% |
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| Sony |
3.69% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.21% |
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| Samsung |
1.85% |
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| Alienware |
0.74% |
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| Medion |
0.74% |
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| Intel |
0.74% |
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| Gateway |
0.74% |
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| MSI |
0.74% |
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| NEC |
0.74% |
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| Sahara |
0.37% |
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