Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

16.4.3528.0331 0.67%
16.4.3522.0110 0.44%
16.4.3508.0205 4.44%
16.4.3505.0912 19.78%
16.4.3503.0728 0.67%
15.4.3555.0308 29.56%
15.4.3538.0513 12.22%
15.4.3502.0922 16.67%
14.0.8118.0427 11.33%
14.0.8093.0805 3.56%
14.0.8064.0206 0.22%
14.0.8052.1208 0.44%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

PE structurePE file structure

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Import table
advapi32.dll
RegDeleteKeyW, RegDeleteValueW, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegSetValueExW, SetServiceStatus, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumKeyExW, CreateServiceW, DeleteService, ControlService, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, AuditSetSystemPolicy, ChangeServiceConfigW, StartServiceW, QueryServiceStatus, LogonUserW, AllocateAndInitializeSid, FreeSid, LookupAccountSidW, OpenProcessToken, CheckTokenMembership, RegEnumValueW, LookupAccountNameW, ConvertStringSidToSidW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, CreateWellKnownSid, AdjustTokenPrivileges, LookupPrivilegeValueW, EventWrite, EventUnregister, EventRegister, CreateProcessAsUserW, EqualSid, GetTokenInformation, RegOpenKeyExA, OpenThreadToken, SetThreadToken, RevertToSelf, RegOpenCurrentUser, DuplicateToken, GetSidLengthRequired, InitializeSid, GetSidSubAuthority, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, SetSecurityDescriptorGroup, SetSecurityDescriptorOwner, CopySid, IsValidSid, GetLengthSid, UnregisterTraceGuids, RegisterTraceGuidsW, GetTraceLoggerHandle, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, TraceMessage, GetSecurityDescriptorLength, MakeSelfRelativeSD, InitializeSecurityDescriptor, GetSecurityDescriptorOwner, GetSecurityDescriptorGroup, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetSecurityDescriptorSacl, MakeAbsoluteSD, GetSecurityDescriptorControl, GetAclInformation, InitializeAcl, AddAce, CryptDecrypt, CryptCreateHash, CryptDeriveKey, CryptHashData, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, GetUserNameW, CryptDestroyKey, CryptDestroyHash, CryptGenRandom, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptReleaseContext
crypt32.dll
CertGetNameStringA, CertFreeCertificateContext, CryptUnprotectData, CryptProtectData, CertCreateCertificateContext, CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy, CryptHashPublicKeyInfo
fwpuclnt.dll
FwpmTransactionBegin0, FwpmEngineOpen0, FwpmTransactionCommit0, FwpmSubLayerDeleteByKey0, FwpmCalloutDeleteByKey0, FwpmFilterDeleteByKey0, FwpmTransactionAbort0, FwpmSubLayerAdd0, FwpmFilterAdd0, FwpmEngineClose0, FwpmCalloutAdd0
iphlpapi.dll
CancelIPChangeNotify, NotifyAddrChange
kernel32.dll
CallbackMayRunLong, CreateThreadpool, SetThreadpoolThreadMinimum, SetThreadpoolThreadMaximum, CloseThreadpool, ResetEvent, GlobalFree, LCMapStringEx, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, GetFileAttributesW, SetFileAttributesW, CreateDirectoryW, ConvertFiberToThread, WaitForMultipleObjectsEx, OpenThread, SetThreadpoolTimer, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, TlsFree, TlsAlloc, VirtualLock, VirtualUnlock, IsWow64Process, GetComputerNameW, EnumResourceNamesW, GetSystemDefaultLCID, GetSystemDefaultUILanguage, QueryPerformanceFrequency, CloseThreadpoolWait, WaitForThreadpoolWaitCallbacks, CreateThreadpoolTimer, SetThreadpoolWait, CloseThreadpoolTimer, LocalFree, TrySubmitThreadpoolCallback, CreateThreadpoolWait, QueueUserAPC, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, VirtualQuery, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, ResumeThread, FlushInstructionCache, GetThreadContext, SetThreadContext, SuspendThread, SetLastError, SetDllDirectoryW, GetCommandLineW, LoadLibraryExW, FindResourceW, LoadResource, SizeofResource, MultiByteToWideChar, FreeLibrary, GetModuleFileNameW, lstrcmpiW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress, GetLastError, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, RaiseException, lstrlenW, WaitForThreadpoolTimerCallbacks, InterlockedExchange, Sleep, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetStartupInfoW, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetTickCount, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcessId, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, CompareStringW, LockResource, FindResourceExW, CloseHandle, WaitForSingleObject, GetThreadUILanguage, CreateThread, CreateEventW, SetEvent, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentThread, HeapSetInformation, GetOverlappedResult, InitializeSRWLock, AcquireSRWLockShared, ReleaseSRWLockShared, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive, MoveFileExW, DeleteFileW, GetTempFileNameW, GetTempPathW, GetTickCount64, GetVersionExW, WideCharToMultiByte, CreateFileW, ReadFile, WriteFile, GetFileSize, SetFilePointer, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, GetSystemInfo, DeviceIoControl, SleepEx, WakeAllConditionVariable, SetThreadPriority, InitializeConditionVariable, OpenProcess, QueryFullProcessImageNameW, SwitchToFiber, DeleteFiber, IsThreadAFiber, SleepConditionVariableSRW, CreateFiberEx, ConvertThreadToFiber, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, DecodePointer, EncodePointer, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, LoadLibraryW, GlobalAlloc, GetLongPathNameW, GetShortPathNameW, GetFullPathNameW, FileTimeToSystemTime, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, GetLocalTime, CreateMutexW, ReleaseMutex, DeleteTimerQueueTimer, ChangeTimerQueueTimer, CreateTimerQueueTimer, CreateTimerQueue, DeleteTimerQueueEx, InterlockedExchangeAdd, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetACP, GetLocaleInfoA, GetThreadLocale, GetVersionExA, lstrlenA, WaitForMultipleObjects, CreateIoCompletionPort, ReadDirectoryChangesW, PostQueuedCompletionStatus, CancelIo, GetQueuedCompletionStatus, BindIoCompletionCallback, QueueUserWorkItem, LCMapStringW, CompareFileTime, GetFileTime
msvcp110.dll
DllMain
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcp90.dll
DllMain
msvcr110.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
msvcr90.dll
DllMain
netapi32.dll
NetGetJoinInformation, NetUserGetLocalGroups, NetApiBufferFree
ole32.dll
CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoUninitialize, CoTaskMemFree, CoInitializeEx, CoSetProxyBlanket, StringFromGUID2, OleRun, CoRevokeClassObject, CoRegisterClassObject, CoResumeClassObjects, CoInitializeSecurity, CoDisconnectObject, CoCreateGuid, CoCreateInstance, StringFromCLSID, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoRevertToSelf, CoImpersonateClient, CLSIDFromProgID, CoSuspendClassObjects, CLSIDFromString, CoReleaseServerProcess, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoGetCallContext
psapi.dll
GetModuleFileNameExW
rpcrt4.dll
MesDecodeBufferHandleCreate, NdrMesTypeFree2, NdrMesTypeDecode2, MesHandleFree, MesEncodeDynBufferHandleCreate, NdrMesTypeEncode2
secur32.dll
LsaGetLogonSessionData, LsaFreeReturnBuffer
shell32.dll
SHFileOperationW, SHGetKnownFolderPath, SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
UrlCanonicalizeA, UrlEscapeA, PathCombineW, PathFindExtensionW, PathRemoveBackslashW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathCanonicalizeW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathFindFileNameW, StrRChrW, SHCreateStreamOnFileEx, UrlApplySchemeW, UrlGetPartW, UrlCombineW, UrlCanonicalizeW, PathAppendW
urlmon.dll
CoInternetCreateSecurityManager
user32.dll
DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, CharUpperW, CharNextW, LoadStringW, GetMessageW, PostThreadMessageW, MessageBoxW, UnregisterClassA
userenv.dll
CreateEnvironmentBlock, DestroyEnvironmentBlock
version.dll
VerQueryValueW, GetFileVersionInfoW, GetFileVersionInfoSizeW
webservices.dll
WsAddCustomHeader, WsWriteXmlBufferToBytes, WsFreeWriter, WsCreateWriter, WsGetFaultErrorProperty, WsCall, WsCreateServiceProxyFromTemplate, WsFreeHeap, WsFreeError, WsFreeServiceProxy, WsCloseServiceProxy, WsOpenServiceProxy, WsAbandonCall, WsCreateHeap, WsCreateError, WsAlloc, WsGetErrorProperty, WsGetErrorString
wevtapi.dll
EvtClose, EvtRender, EvtSubscribe
winhttp.dll
WinHttpConnect, WinHttpOpenRequest, WinHttpOpen, WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser, WinHttpGetProxyForUrl, WinHttpCrackUrl, WinHttpCloseHandle, WinHttpSendRequest, WinHttpReadData, WinHttpQueryDataAvailable, WinHttpReceiveResponse, WinHttpQueryHeaders, WinHttpSetOption, WinHttpSetCredentials
wininet.dll
InternetCrackUrlA, DetectAutoProxyUrl, InternetCreateUrlA
wintrust.dll
WTHelperGetProvCertFromChain, WTHelperGetProvSignerFromChain, WinVerifyTrust, WTHelperProvDataFromStateData
ws2_32.dll
InetNtopW, getaddrinfo, freeaddrinfo, WSAAddressToStringA, WSAAddressToStringW
wtsapi32.dll
WTSQuerySessionInformationW, WTSFreeMemory, WTSQueryUserToken, WTSEnumerateSessionsW

fsssvc.exe

Windows Live Family Safety Service by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove fsssvc.exe
Version:   15.4.3555.0308
MD5:   28ddeeec44e988657b732cf404d504cb
SHA1:   0494a5e85e7cbff93d68071dd68ef9a309992bb3
SHA256:   47f83018e5449cdced3dd447991788ebaac92c418d4513fba9408c45e9ab8e7e

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

DetailsDetails

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:15.4.3555.0308
Size:1.42 MB (1,492,840 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

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
10% remove
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.
Microsoft Corporation
9% remove
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...
Microsoft Corporation
8% remove
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...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'fsssvc' (Windows Live Family Safety)
  • 'fsssvc'
Network connections
  • [UDP] listens on port 63739

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00221323%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00145130%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00076193%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:2,487,774 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:187,563/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:17.82 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):16.9 MB
    Private (minimum):7.22 MB
    Non-paged memory:17.82 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:107.97 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):123.24 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:13.25 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):23.45 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:341,886/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:3.85 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:10/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:7 Bytes/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:1/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:8 Bytes/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:2/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:17
    12
    Handles:409
    600

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:System
    Platform:32-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\windows live\family safety\fsssvc.exe"
    Owner:SYSTEM
    Windows Service
    Service name:fsssvc
    Display name:Windows Live Family Safety
    Description:“This service enables Family Safety on the computer. If this service is not running, Family Safety will not work.”
    Type:Win32OwnProcess
    Parent process:services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00397945%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.00353208%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.00044737%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:11,985/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Memory:1.16 MB
    1.16 MB
    winhttp.dll (Windows HTTP Services by Microsoft)
    Total CPU:0.00095338%
    Kernel CPU:0.00050249%
    User CPU:0.00045089%
    CPU cycles:14,165/sec
    Memory:384 KB
    fsssvc.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.00017673%
    Kernel CPU:0.00013899%
    User CPU:0.00003774%
    CPU cycles:2,857/sec
    Memory:1.44 MB
    ADVAPI32.dll
    Total CPU:0.00007948%
    Kernel CPU:0.00000998%
    User CPU:0.00006950%
    CPU cycles:2,051/sec
    Memory:792 KB
    ole32.dll
    Total CPU:0.00003193%
    Kernel CPU:0.00001198%
    User CPU:0.00001996%
    CPU cycles:1,048/sec
    Memory:1.27 MB

    Common loaded modules

    These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    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 countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 43.22% of Windows Live Family Safety Service.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    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%
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