blservice.exe
Application STServices by SoftThinks (Signed)
Version: | 1, 0, 0, 8 |
MD5: | 431723f23d0e065bef502389e8ffdc10 |
SHA1: | 5bdae885ab603dbf899fa5b38627c987e51f5c66 |
SHA256: | 9bdfd395e33c07ed065405d14e786590e2435476a51b304d43ae6f35fe20f613 |
Overview
blservice.exe runs as a service under the name Recovery Service for Windows within the local user context. The file is digitally signed by SoftThinks which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). Note, some antivirus scanners have flagged this file, however it is not necessarily considered malware (see below for details).
Details
File name: | blservice.exe |
Product name: | Application STServices |
Description: | STServices |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sminst\blservice.exe |
Original name: | STServices.EXE |
File version: | 1, 0, 0, 8 |
Size: | 353.33 KB (361,808 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | SoftThinks |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Monday, September 29, 2008 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
Digital DNA |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Recovery Service for Windows'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00047314% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00041576% | |
User CPU: | 0.00005738% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 260,043 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 111/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 1.86 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 2.95 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 2.83 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 1.86 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 50.44 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 52.44 MB | |
Working set: | 2.94 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 4.16 MB | |
Page faults: | 2,851/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 2 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 1 | |
Handles: | 67 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | C:\windows\sminst\blservice.exe |
Owner: | User |
Windows Service |
Service name: | Recovery Service for Windows |
Description: | “Manages background tasks to ensure compatibility with your system configuration and the capability to recover” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows Vista Home Premium |
60.00% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
15.00% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
15.00% |
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
10.00% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 35.00% of Application STServices.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
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