FBAgent.exe
AFBAgent by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1, 0, 10, 0 |
| MD5: | 69fd46fac0d9c4a8ecd522ac6a7481f5 |
| SHA1: | e4e75ab09d0620bd8cf5d1adc8fac4f8bb2d1db5 |
| SHA256: | 048fa3f77423d43346a35f142dbd0acec190f5e68f79960856c325b3ca7dd6c9 |
What is FBAgent.exe?
The ASUS FastBoot software auto-detects what programs start up with the OS and using a simple slider interface users can select whether to delay the launch or not.
About FBAgent.exe (from ASUSTeK Computer Inc.)
“Notebooks always feel slower over time, as we fill them with the programs we use everyday. By managing the boot priorities, ASUS Fast Boot can alleviate this slowdown by delaying applications and serv”
Overview
fbagent.exe runs as a service under the name AFBAgent with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by ASUSTeK Computer Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | fbagent.exe |
| Publisher: | ASUSTeK Computer Inc. |
| Product name: | AFBAgent |
| Description: | ASUS FastBoot |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\fbagent.exe |
| File version: | 1, 0, 10, 0 |
| Size: | 370.63 KB (379,520 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | ASUSTeK Computer Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, August 2, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, August 3, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
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
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00282440% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00153209% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00129230% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 2,117,599 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,534,717/sec | |
| Context switches: | 10/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 10.72 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 14.28 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.62 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 10.72 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 73.36 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 105.35 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.43 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 17.26 MB | |
| Page faults: | 23,999/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 17.34 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 87 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 73/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 8 | |
| Handles: | 814 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| FBAgent.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.01302903% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00296923% | |
| User CPU: | 0.01005980% | |
| CPU cycles: | 528,243/sec | |
| Context switches: | 2/sec | |
| Memory: | 384 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00300840% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00298174% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002666% | |
| CPU cycles: | 31,291/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00052362% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00025629% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026733% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,392/sec | |
| Memory: | 124 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
74.63% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.96% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
5.97% |
|
| Windows 8 |
4.48% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.48% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.49% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 44.78% of AFBAgent.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
97.73% |
|
| Acer |
2.27% |
|
