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        forwarddaemon.exe
Motorola ForwardDemon by Motorola
| Version: | 1, 0, 0, 0 | 
| MD5: | ea735bf6df13a857a83c99bf27a422ad | 
| SHA1: | 03ec13fa6858b251214b70dc9883369bacbd2b7e | 
| SHA256: | 026a57155fb9e01cfafd8613980cdf0f3d744abbbc66efdc6c20b89980fb45cf | 
Overview
forwarddaemon.exe runs as a service under the name PST Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access).
 Details
Details
| File name: | forwarddaemon.exe | 
| Publisher: | Motorola | 
| Product name: | Motorola ForwardDemon | 
| Description: | ForwardDemon | 
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\motorola\motforwarddaemon\forwarddaemon.exe | 
| Original name: | ForwardDemon.exe | 
| File version: | 1, 0, 0, 0 | 
| Size: | 64.12 KB (65,657 bytes) | 
| Digital DNA | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00003459% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002425% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00001034% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 20,847 ms/min |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 3,665/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 1.59 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.78 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 3.62 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 1.59 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 54.68 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 56.19 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 4.28 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 5.08 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 1,699/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 23 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: | 3 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 6 |  | 
| Handles: | 72 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System | 
| Platform: | 64-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\motorola\motforwarddaemon\forwarddaemon.exe" | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | PST Service | 
| Description: | “Route and execute the requests/commands from PST” | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| ForwardDaemon.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00007684% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00005405% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00002279% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 1,956/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 64 KB |  | 
| wow64.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00002728% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002728% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% |  | 
| CPU cycles: | 1,017/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 276 KB |  | 
 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 48.28% |  | 
| Windows 8 | 17.24% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 13.79% |  | 
| Windows 8.1 | 6.90% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 6.90% |  | 
| Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation | 6.90% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
United States installs about 72.41% of Motorola ForwardDemon.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Toshiba | 26.67% |  | 
| ASUS | 26.67% |  | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 20.00% |  | 
| Dell | 13.33% |  | 
| Sony | 13.33% |  |