Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Ant.com Limited publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
AppService.exe
File1 Package Manager by Ant.com Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | 9d267443b7ce8a29899b9c9ff9e846b8 |
| SHA1: | 93be7d452a701129a39a78cc7cfb18ec3d135063 |
| SHA256: | d8775f01a5598dec2b70f98fd5b7160ca56352de81ab265b21b68be234dd4e77 |
Overview
appservice.exe runs as a service under the name File1 Package Manager Service (Ant App service) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program File1 Package Manager published by Helios. The file is digitally signed by Ant.com Limited which was issued by the Thawte certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | appservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Helios Technologies Ltd |
| Product name: | File1 Package Manager |
| Description: | File1 Package Manager application service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ant.com\file1 package manager\appservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 492.98 KB (504,816 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Ant.com Limited |
| Authority (CA): | Thawte |
| Effective date: | Friday, July 6, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, July 4, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- File1 Package Manager Service
- 'Ant App service' (File1 Application service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003966% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002823% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001144% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 55 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,293/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.47 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.87 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.78 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.47 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 35.81 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 40.19 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.83 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.94 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,658/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 30 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 2/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 90 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\ant.com\file1 package manager\appservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Ant App service |
| Display name: | File1 Package Manager Service |
| Description: | “Performs operations on MSI packages for File1 Package Manager. If the service is stopped or disabled, File1 Package Manager will not be working.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| AppService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00012132% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008088% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00004044% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,534/sec | |
| Memory: | 512 KB | |
| wow64.dll (Win32 Emulation on NT64 by Microsoft) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005378% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003377% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002001% | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,233/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
75.00% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Japan installs about 50.00% of File1 Package Manager.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| NEC |
66.67% |
|
| Acer |
33.33% |
|
