Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
8.33% |
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| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
33.33% |
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| 9, 0, 1, 0 |
33.33% |
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| 9, 0, 0, 0 |
25.00% |
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Relationships
Parent process
Child process
AAWService.exe
Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 9, 0, 0, 0 |
| MD5: | 61323b88efe90f6b144a3611b3ed1d7d |
| SHA1: | 68d37c7a4948fad1b87c5c0bf7e24d186f00e93c |
| SHA256: | b43f18321c95328c7a4e011505e01f4545ca197669e7d1fc5108605b220e6bc1 |
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
| 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, 0, 0 |
| Product version: | 9, 0, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 1.66 MB (1,737,728 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
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.
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Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Lavasoft Ad-Aware Service'
Network connections
[TCP] ip-70-38-25-72.static.privatedns.com (70.38.25.72:80)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.01552262% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01233494% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00318768% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 403,762 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 61.2 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 56.65 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 40.48 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 61.2 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 229.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 392.87 MB | |
| Working set: | 55.47 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 205.53 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 31 | |
| Handles: | 874 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-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) |
Threads
Averages
| MSVCR90.dll |
| Total CPU: | 6.08909212% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 3.87926308% | |
| User CPU: | 2.20982904% | |
| CPU cycles: | 107,905,282/sec | |
| Memory: | 652 KB | |
| rpapi.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.08866851% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01627364% | |
| User CPU: | 0.07239487% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,558,636/sec | |
| Memory: | 596 KB | |
| AAWService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01881754% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01126122% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00755632% | |
| CPU cycles: | 354,920/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.7 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00215091% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00215091% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 67,372/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
44.44% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
22.22% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.22% |
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| Windows XP Professional |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 57.14% of Ad-Aware Service Application.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
66.67% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
33.33% |
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