Should I block it?
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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AEI.exe
Spy Sweeper SDK by Webroot Software (Signed)
| Version: | 7.0.11.6 |
| MD5: | bd1537fa5ea8e03d4b766d65c22d1073 |
| SHA1: | 2e1024397863b854fec222dfeff25144613d840e |
| SHA256: | f8684ec1aeb99d0740e3423a39e4c6bef9ea72f0cf30d531a0326f7e9c8ef554 |
What is AEI.exe?
Spy Sweeper is a software product that detects and removes spyware and viruses on personal computers that run Microsoft Windows. Spy Sweeper examines files on a computer's hard disk drive, as well as objects in memory, the Windows registry and cookies, and quarantines any suspicious objects it finds. Some broadband services, such as MSN Premium, also offer rebranded versions of Spy Sweeper as part of their subscription.
About AEI.exe (from Webroot Software)
“You need the best protection against viruses, spyware and malware. That's why we've improved the protection found in Spy Sweeper and created Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ AntiVirus, giving you online prote”
Details
| File name: | aei.exe |
| Publisher: | Webroot Software, Inc. (www.webroot.com) |
| Product name: | Spy Sweeper SDK |
| Description: | Spy Sweeper Engine |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\webroot\security\current\plugins\antimalware\aei.exe |
| File version: | 7.0.11.6 |
| Size: | 3.81 MB (3,997,912 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Webroot Software |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, December 7, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, January 20, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Webroot SecureAnywhere uses a radically new cloud-based approach to online security that protects you against the latest threats as soon as they emerge. And it does so at blazing fast speeds, typically taking two minutes or less after the initial scan of your PC. It also backs up your files and blocks dangerous web links. Plus, with Webroot’s first-of-its-kind security portal, you can access all your passwords and manage the protection ...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'WebrootSpySweeperService' (Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine)
- WebrootSpySweeperService
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007499% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004238% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003261% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 529,530 ms/min | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 149.41 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 108.01 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 768 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 149.41 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 379.26 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 1.62 GB | |
| Working set: | 81.28 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 121.86 MB | |
| Page faults: | 40,183,458/min | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 58 | |
| Handles: | 1066 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\webroot\security\current\plugins\antimalware\aei.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WebrootSpySweeperService |
| Display name: | Webroot Spy Sweeper Engine |
| Description: | “Provides core functionality to Webroot Spy Sweeper. This service must be enabled and started for Spy Sweeper to function.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| AEI.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.03998587% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00724130% | |
| User CPU: | 0.03274458% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,234,595/sec | |
| Memory: | 3.85 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00034994% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00009498% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00025496% | |
| CPU cycles: | 11,844/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of Spy Sweeper SDK.
