Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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fsssvc.exe
Windows Live Family Safety Service by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 14.0.8093.0805 |
| MD5: | 206ad9a89bf05dfa1621f1fc7b82592d |
| SHA1: | c227cbbd6e2bb3e104c2e6f356e8e709df0a0ded |
| SHA256: | eaee557535d865232237898858f5ae35f868065a1f79bbb48a2173124e2b6f63 |
What is fsssvc.exe?
Microsoft Family Safety (formerly Windows Live Family Safety), developed by Microsoft, is free parental monitoring and content-control software. Family Safety has a Windows Filtering Platform driver to filter web browsing.
About fsssvc.exe (from Microsoft Corporation)
“Microsoft announced that Windows Live Family Safety will be renamed to Microsoft Family Safety and will be built-in as part of its Windows 8 operating system. With Windows 8, you can monitor what your”
Details
| File name: | fsssvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Windows Live Family Safety Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\windows live\family safety\fsssvc.exe |
| File version: | 14.0.8093.0805 |
| Size: | 688.34 KB (704,864 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | Microsoft Corporation |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft that aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, and security services. Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with Microsoft Windows, and with other Microsoft web-based services such as SkyDrive and Outlook.com, so that they operate as a seamless whole.
Windows Live is the former collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile servi...
“Windows Live is the former collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile servi...”
Windows Live "is a way to extend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista provides a link in its user interface to download Windows Live Messenger, and Windows 7 saw the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Essentials suite, a software package that allows the downloading and installation of similar offerings from Windows Live. Windows Live offers int...
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'fsssvc' (Windows Live Family Safety)
- 'fsssvc'
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
46.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
8.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 43.22% of Windows Live Family Safety Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| ASUS |
18.91% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
17.09% |
|
| Dell |
16.00% |
|
| Sony |
11.64% |
|
| Toshiba |
9.45% |
|
| Acer |
9.09% |
|
| Samsung |
2.91% |
|
| Intel |
2.91% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.55% |
|
| Lenovo |
2.18% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.45% |
|
| Medion |
1.45% |
|
| Sahara |
0.73% |
|
| Compaq |
0.73% |
|
| MSI |
0.73% |
|
| NEC |
0.73% |
|
| Gateway |
0.73% |
|
| Alienware |
0.36% |
|
| Packard Bell |
0.36% |
|
