AdAwareService.exe
Ad-Aware Antivirus by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)
Overview
There are 3 versions of adawareservice.exe in the wild, the latest version being 11,2,5952,0. It is started as a Windows Service called 'LavasoftAdAwareService11' with the name 'LavasoftAdAwareService11' and described as “Helps protect users from malware and other potentially unwanted software”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 560.53 KB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Lavasoft Limited by VeriSign. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0022% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 126.37 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 194.46 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 19 MB per minute for reads and 2.52 MB per minute for writes.
 Details
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| File name: | adawareservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Lavasoft |
| Product name: | Ad-Aware Antivirus |
| Description: | Ad-Aware service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\lavasoft\ad-aware antivirus\ad-aware antivirus\11.0.4555.0\adawareservice.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Lavasoft Limited |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | LavasoftAdAwareService11 |
| Display name: | LavasoftAdAwareService11 |
| Description: | “Helps protect users from malware and other potentially unwanted software” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of adawareservice.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- LavasoftAdAwareService11
- 'LavasoftAdAwareService11' (Ad-Aware Service 11)
All file variations of adawareservice.exe
