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45%
45% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

11.5.0.0 build 56285 34.12%
11.4.100.0 build 50818 14.12%
11.03.005 51.76%

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advapi32.dll
RegCloseKey, RegQueryValueExA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegSetValueExA, RegCreateKeyExA, IsValidSid, CopySid, GetLengthSid, AddAce, InitializeAcl, GetAclInformation, MakeSelfRelativeSD, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventA, RegisterEventSourceA, RegDeleteKeyA, RegEnumKeyExA, QueryServiceConfigA, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, MakeAbsoluteSD, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, SetServiceStatus, RegDeleteValueA, GetSidSubAuthority, InitializeSid, GetSidLengthRequired, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceA, OpenSCManagerA, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerA, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherA, SetNamedSecurityInfoA, GetAce, GetNamedSecurityInfoA, CryptReleaseContext, CryptAcquireContextA, CryptGenRandom
kernel32.dll
CloseHandle, DeviceIoControl, CreateFileA, ReadFile, SetFilePointer, GetLastError, GetVersionExA, WriteFile, GetSystemDirectoryA, QueryDosDeviceA, GetDriveTypeA, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, SetWaitableTimer, CreateWaitableTimerA, CreateThread, InterlockedExchange, GetACP, GetLocaleInfoA, MultiByteToWideChar, WideCharToMultiByte, RaiseException, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, WaitForSingleObjectEx, CreateMutexA, ReleaseMutex, FreeLibrary, GetProcAddress, LoadLibraryA, GetModuleFileNameA, SetEvent, SuspendThread, ResumeThread, FindClose, FindNextFileA, FindFirstFileA, CreateDirectoryA, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, GetOverlappedResult, DisconnectNamedPipe, ConnectNamedPipe, CreateEventA, OpenProcess, WaitForSingleObject, CreateNamedPipeA, GetTempPathA, GetCurrentProcessId, SetLastError, LocalFree, Sleep, OpenMutexA, GetLocalTime, GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetFileAttributesA, GetFileAttributesExA, DeleteFileA, RemoveDirectoryA, MoveFileA, InterlockedCompareExchange, FormatMessageA, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, RtlUnwind, ExitProcess, HeapFree, HeapAlloc, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, GetSystemInfo, VirtualQuery, GetModuleHandleA, GetCommandLineA, LCMapStringA, LCMapStringW, GetCPInfo, TlsAlloc, TlsFree, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, HeapReAlloc, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, HeapSize, QueryPerformanceCounter, HeapDestroy, HeapCreate, VirtualFree, IsBadWritePtr, GetOEMCP, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStdHandle, UnhandledExceptionFilter, FreeEnvironmentStringsA, GetEnvironmentStrings, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, GetStartupInfoA, FlushFileBuffers, GetStringTypeA, GetStringTypeW, GetUserDefaultLCID, EnumSystemLocalesA, IsValidLocale, IsValidCodePage, IsBadReadPtr, IsBadCodePtr, SetStdHandle, GetLocaleInfoW, SetEndOfFile, GetProcessHeap
user32.dll
wsprintfA

fnplicensingservice.exe

FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit) by Macrovision Corporation (Signed)

Remove fnplicensingservice.exe
Version:   11.5.0.0 build 56285
MD5:   f76d04f7413b07daa029f6520b64b4e8
SHA1:   4a28e7ffb7661816a7cd1e641c89eef274e1664d
SHA256:   3eb13c0efe737880853fb8952381e7a57723f9472e0e4ed7cda8a0d7de8dc90d

What is fnplicensingservice.exe?

FlexNet Publisher (formerly known as FLEXlm) is a common software license manager from Flexera Software which implements license management and is intended to be used in corporate environments to provide floating licenses to multiple end users of computer software.

About fnplicensingservice.exe (from Macrovision Corporation)

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DetailsDetails

File name:fnplicensingservice.exe
Publisher:Macrovision Europe Ltd.
Product name:FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit)
Description:Activation Licensing Service
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\common files\macrovision shared\flexnet publisher\fnplicensingservice.exe
File version:11.5.0.0 build 56285
Size:636.45 KB (651,720 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Macrovision Corporation
Authority (CA):Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.
Effective date:Thursday, February 9, 2006
Expiration date:Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows Console
Entropy:6.737704
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • FLEXnet Licensing Service

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00075010%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00015918%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00059092%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:78,415 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Memory
Private memory:1.21 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):3.86 MB
Private (minimum):2.37 MB
Non-paged memory:1.21 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:30.71 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):31.21 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:2.39 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):3.92 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:3,317/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:210 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:49 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:223 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:1/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:6
12
Handles:112
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI USER count:1
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:System
Platform:32-bit
Command line:"C:\Program Files\common files\macrovision shared\flexnet publisher\fnplicensingservice.exe"
Owner:SYSTEM
Windows Service
Display name:FLEXnet Licensing Service
Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 28.57%
Microsoft Windows XP 21.43%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.86%
Windows 7 Professional 10.71%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 7.14%
Windows 8 Enterprise 3.57%
Windows 7 Starter 3.57%
Windows 8 Pro 3.57%
Windows 7 Enterprise 3.57%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 37.04% of FLEXnet Publisher (32 bit).

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 27.59%
Hewlett-Packard 13.79%
Lenovo 13.79%
ASUS 13.79%
GIGABYTE 6.90%
Intel 6.90%
Sony 6.90%
American Megatrends 3.45%
Acer 3.45%
Samsung 3.45%
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