aawwsc.exe
By Lavasoft AB (Signed)
| MD5: | e7b4769c4e83ed873b616d72da8b8cba | 
| SHA1: | c584359c1c54c0b7c999817f0f02125723a929f3 | 
| SHA256: | 2b3fc1b9842424fcead7988e652757154d48af8c0e462e2624f535f2f725aaf0 | 
Overview
aawwsc.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent 
aawservice.exe (Ad-Aware Service Application by Lavasoft AB). This is typically installed with the program Ad-Aware published by Lavasoft. The file is digitally signed by Lavasoft AB which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
 Details
Details
| File name: | aawwsc.exe | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware\aawwsc.exe | 
| Size: | 737.4 KB (755,096 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | Lavasoft AB | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Effective date: | Thursday, October 9, 2008 | 
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Programs
Programs
The following program 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.
 
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00024277% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004840% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00019437% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 12,402/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.74 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 15.11 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 5.06 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.74 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 60.45 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 60.45 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 15.11 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 15.25 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 9,178/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 4.9 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 198 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 1 |  | 
| Handles: | 55 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 100.00% |  |