adawareservice.exe

Ad-Aware Antivirus Service by Lavasoft Limited (Signed)

Remove adawareservice.exe
Version:   10,2,21,3698
MD5:   af9658974154c3b6a333d86dc2e0aac8
SHA1:   1ca95122fc28d4ca271fc77ed4e1d4784dd33da6
SHA256:   c3fcfc9ec01d7c96ba953cccc8b540048ecc2840e8fa2c1994eefd95e69d908a

What is adawareservice.exe?

Ad-Aware Antivirus Service 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 adawareservice.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

DetailsDetails

File name:adawareservice.exe
Publisher:Lavasoft Limited
Product name:Ad-Aware Antivirus Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\ad-aware antivirus\adawareservice.exe
Original name:Ad-Aware Antivirus Service.exe
File version:10,2,21,3698
Size:1.18 MB (1,239,952 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Lavasoft Limited
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'Ad-Aware Service'

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00271887%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00268847%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00003040%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:55 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:7,263/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:1.78 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):4.96 MB
Private (minimum):4.79 MB
Non-paged memory:1.78 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:57.54 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):74.22 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:4.85 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):7.13 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,438/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:21 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:21 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:37 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:2/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:5
12
Handles:128
600

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\ad-aware antivirus\adawareservice.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:Ad-Aware Service
Description:“Ad-Aware Service”
Type:Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00467467%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00467467%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00000000%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:53,116/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
1.16 MB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:0.00076562%
Kernel CPU:0.00076562%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:12,325/sec
Memory:252 KB
AdAwareService.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00076561%
Kernel CPU:0.00076561%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:15,759/sec
Memory:1.21 MB

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Professional 24.24%
Windows 7 Home Premium 21.21%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.15%
Windows 8 Pro 12.12%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 9.09%
Microsoft Windows XP 9.09%
Windows Vista Business 6.06%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.03%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 66.67% of Ad-Aware Antivirus Service.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 46.43%
Dell 21.43%
Acer 14.29%
GIGABYTE 10.71%
Samsung 7.14%
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