Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Child process
aua.exe
| MD5: | 26183afdef58d25a04c41be9b8558962 |
| SHA1: | 2ab80af239eb7c7b28643a69083cf8b66b62374b |
Overview
aua.exe runs as a service under the name AutoUpdateAgent (Advantage Technologies) (OBAutoUpdate) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | aua.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\advantage technologies\aua\bin\aua.exe |
| Size: | 172 KB (176,128 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'OBAutoUpdate' (AutoUpdateAgent (Advantage Technologies))
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000041% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000041% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 191/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 900 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 636 KB | |
| Private (minimum): | 220 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 900 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 23.64 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 24.89 MB | |
| Working set: | 364 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.07 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,646/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 45 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\advantage technologies\aua\bin\aua.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | OBAutoUpdate |
| Display name: | AutoUpdateAgent (Advantage Technologies) |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Professional |
100.00% |
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