Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
(Note, Ellora Assets Corp. publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
FreemakeUtilsService.exe
FreemakeUtilsService by Ellora Assets Corp. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | 82f0f3554ce07cedb749d79cbc5a599e |
| SHA1: | 2f1a75476207bfd6b653ce7b9843817ba81de7ab |
| SHA256: | 6bd2c14caaf6299158a1d9a6b639b1d355e883fd8d1d6387ec3a682af1939654 |
Overview
freemakeutilsservice.exe runs as a service under the name FreemakeUtilsService (Freemake Improver) 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 Ellora Assets Corp. which was issued by the GlobalSign nv-sa certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | freemakeutilsservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Freemake |
| Product name: | FreemakeUtilsService |
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\freemake\freemakeutilsservice\freemakeutilsservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 98.5 KB (100,864 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Ellora Assets Corp. |
| Authority (CA): | GlobalSign nv-sa |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Friday, July 6, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Freemake Improver'
- FreemakeUtilsService
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00959155% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00620879% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00338277% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 891 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,894,452/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 23.18 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 2.75 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.74 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 23.18 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 159.53 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 166.73 MB | |
| Working set: | 2.88 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 29.28 MB | |
| Page faults: | 22,086/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 2.26 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 2/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 650 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 951 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 43/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 16 | |
| Handles: | 358 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\ProgramData\freemake\freemakeutilsservice\freemakeutilsservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Freemake Improver |
| Display name: | FreemakeUtilsService |
| Description: | “Freemake Improver” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| FreemakeUtilsService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00203823% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00147596% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00056227% | |
| CPU cycles: | 49,900/sec | |
| Memory: | 120 KB | |
| clr.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00092777% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00057635% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00035143% | |
| CPU cycles: | 42,490/sec | |
| Memory: | 6.43 MB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00007028% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00007028% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 44,021/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
34.48% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.69% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
13.79% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
13.79% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.90% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.45% |
|
| Windows 8 |
3.45% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.45% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 41.38% of FreemakeUtilsService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
24.39% |
|
| Intel |
14.63% |
|
| ASUS |
14.63% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
14.63% |
|
| Acer |
7.32% |
|
| American Megatrends |
7.32% |
|
| Sony |
4.88% |
|
| Compaq |
4.88% |
|
| Toshiba |
4.88% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.44% |
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