Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
 Additional versions
Additional versions
| 9, 0, 1, 0 | 8.33% |  | 
| 9, 0, 1, 0 | 33.33% |  | 
| 9, 0, 1, 0 | 33.33% |  | 
| 9, 0, 0, 0 | 25.00% |  | 
 
Relationships
Parent process
Child process
     
    
        AAWService.exe
Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 9, 0, 1, 0 | 
| MD5: | 4d99fca201b72e0f2ca996e357baa170 | 
| SHA1: | 6a2d59644fa43d5b581b896b42bed79577ddc6f2 | 
| SHA256: | ad007a52e0c13cb0d1214d1d89c5a49955c8568c85e692d28be6941176241dfe | 
What is AAWService.exe?
Ad-Aware Service Application is part of Ad-Aware, an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
About AAWService.exe (from Lavasoft Limited)
“Built upon our legendary anti-spyware and antivirus protection, Ad-Aware real-time web-filtering technology safeguards your PC against phishing attacks and online scams, allowing you to stay protected”
 Details
Details
| File name: | AAWService.exe | 
| Publisher: | Lavasoft Limited | 
| Product name: | Ad-Aware Service Application | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawservice.exe | 
| File version: | 9, 0, 1, 0 | 
| Size: | 2.05 MB (2,152,152 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Thursday, January 27, 2011 | 
| Expiration date: | Sunday, January 27, 2013 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| Entropy: | 6.418137 | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Programs
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Ad-Aware is an anti-spyware and anti-virus program developed by Lavasoft that detects and removes malware, spyware and adware on a user's computer. According to Lavasoft, Ad-Aware detects spyware, computer viruses, dialers, Trojans, bots, rootkits, data miners, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers, and tracking components.
 
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service' 
Network connections
[TCP] 70.38.25.71:80
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00104601% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00020540% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00084061% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 1,404,856,317 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 15,306,484/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 62.57 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 51.95 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 13.97 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 62.57 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 216.98 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 279.22 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 39.27 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 100.98 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 5,095,044/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 4.66 MB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 5,230/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 10.21 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 10/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 139.25 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 33,061/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 26 |  | 
| Handles: | 1018 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 8 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 3 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawservice.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service | 
| Display name: | Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) | 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 44.44% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 22.22% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 22.22% |  | 
| Windows XP Professional | 11.11% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.14% of Ad-Aware Service Application.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| ASUS | 66.67% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 33.33% |  |