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SystemkService.exe
Systemk Service by AZTEC MEDIA INC. (Signed)
| Version: | 5.0.0.12692 |
| MD5: | a392180acd34edc3680a4fa13991870b |
| SHA1: | c589fb2c1077adda97d10efd9f547d7e0178b215 |
Overview
systemkservice.exe runs as a service under the name Systemk Service (SystemkService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Settings Manager published by Aztec Media Inc., Settings Manager from Aztec Media Inc. and Settings Manager by Aztec Media Inc.. The file is digitally signed by AZTEC MEDIA INC. which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | systemkservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Aztec Media Inc |
| Product name: | Systemk Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\settings manager\systemk\systemkservice.exe |
| File version: | 5.0.0.12692 |
| Size: | 3.38 MB (3,543,056 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/18/2014 5:33 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | AZTEC MEDIA INC. |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, May 19, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
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Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'SystemkService' (Systemk Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00183503% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00078725% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00104778% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 257,792 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,604,578/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 5.33 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.75 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.51 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 5.33 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 311.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 350.92 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.14 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 14.13 MB | |
| Page faults: | 97,951,556/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 983 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 28/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 7.55 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 15/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 284 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 30/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 24 | |
| Handles: | 315 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command lines: |
- "C:\Program Files\settings manager\systemk\systemkservice.exe"
- "C:\Program Files\settings manager\systemk\systemkservice.exe" -monitor 512
- "C:\Program Files\settings manager\systemk\systemkservice.exe" -monitor 544
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| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SystemkService |
| Display name: | Systemk Service |
| Description: | “Serving SystemK modules functionality” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent processes: |
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Threads
Averages
| SystemkService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.15138974% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.12849751% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02289223% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,700,554/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.41 MB | |
| wow64win.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00454168% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00345356% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00108811% | |
| CPU cycles: | 52,545/sec | |
| Memory: | 360 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00047237% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00042969% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004268% | |
| CPU cycles: | 13,271/sec | |
| Memory: | 292 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
100.00% |
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Distribution by country
Philippines installs about 100.00% of Systemk Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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