Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Qualcomm Atheros publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
DCDhcpService.exe
DirectConnect DHCP Server by Qualcomm Atheros (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.1 |
| MD5: | 059f2db10fe630a9e6e52bcb2b43374c |
| SHA1: | d3b777109bf1b41b69f8ed4192606f4d979365d3 |
Overview
dcdhcpservice.exe runs as a service under the name DCDhcpService with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program Atheros Direct Connect published by Atheros Communications. The file is digitally signed by Qualcomm Atheros which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | dcdhcpservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Atheros Communication Inc. |
| Product name: | DirectConnect DHCP Server |
| Description: | Atheros DirectConnect DHCP Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sony\vaio smart network\wfda\dcdhcpservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.1 |
| Size: | 98 KB (100,352 bytes) |
| Build date: | 3/31/2011 11:59 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Qualcomm Atheros |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, February 24, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“Direct Connect allows for simple peer-to-peer connections between devices in the home or office, such as computers to printers, cameras to computers, smartphones to computers, computers to gaming devices….without hopping through the access point. This preserves bandwidth, as an indirect hop through the access point cuts throughput virtually in half and enables easy file sync and printing. And, with Direct Connect, a device like a comput...”
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.53 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.96 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.39 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 45.77 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 49.52 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.41 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.96 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,465/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 87 | |
Process properties
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
33.33% |
|
Distribution by country
Italy installs about 33.33% of DirectConnect DHCP Server.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
50.00% |
|
| Dell |
50.00% |
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