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%

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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:   14.0.8118.0427
MD5:   45b52394f9624237f33a8a3d73c0b221
SHA1:   482051cf02e59067c9fb0fda44307800f5b457a8
SHA256:   ac3e26f9d0e8a91164c54e87c9c8bfcf824a14c80d4cef3255c6127a482f25fe

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:14.0.8118.0427
Size:688.35 KB (704,872 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 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...
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...
Microsoft Corporation
7% 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.

BehaviorsBehaviors

Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
  • 'fsssvc' (Windows Live Family Safety)
  • 'fsssvc'

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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