ClassicShellService.exe
Classic Shell by IvoSoft
| Version: | 3, 6, 1, 0 |
| MD5: | 76b6abec077684c0a38b84da07f572fb |
| SHA1: | 8ecf8a9943d4cf6724e082863db1adb806901283 |
| SHA256: | 392982e249ab1672c18811570185e72e0dbcd593abeb79efca272d0e399c67bc |
Overview
classicshellservice.exe runs as a service under the name Classic Shell Service (ClassicShellService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Classic Shell published by IvoSoft and Office Addin published by Acer Incorporated.
Details
| File name: | classicshellservice.exe |
| Publisher: | IvoSoft |
| Product name: | Classic Shell |
| Description: | Classic Shell Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\classic shell\classicshellservice.exe |
| File version: | 3, 6, 1, 0 |
| Size: | 62 KB (63,488 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Office-Addin is part of the AcerCloud platform and is designed to integrate with Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and to backup files to the cloud.
“Classic Shell is a collection of features that were available in older versions of Windows but are removed from Vista and Windows 7. It has a classic start menu for Windows 7. It adds a toolbar for Windows Explorer and supports a variety of smaller features. Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others.”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'ClassicShellService' (Classic Shell Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002843% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002761% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000081% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 156 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 261/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 795 KB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.13 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.43 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 795 KB | |
| Virtual memory: | 20.81 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 23.33 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.48 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.16 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,236/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 12 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 48 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\classic shell\classicshellservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ClassicShellService |
| Display name: | Classic Shell Service |
| Description: | “Launches the start button after logon” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8 Pro |
48.15% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
25.93% |
|
| Windows 8 |
25.93% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 37.04% of Classic Shell.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
37.50% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
31.25% |
|
| Dell |
12.50% |
|
| American Megatrends |
6.25% |
|
| ASUS |
6.25% |
|
| Samsung |
3.13% |
|
| Acer |
3.13% |
|
