Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Advanced Micro Devices publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
fuel.service.exe
FusionUtilityService by Advanced Micro Devices
| Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | e587945b20144827d6f35ba0e1b4bc42 |
| SHA1: | 7b98302ee27387b5cebc0e6e52a9721b931e18f8 |
What is fuel.service.exe?
AMD Fuel Service is a Windows Service installed with AMD's Catalyst drivers for your AMD/ATI based graphics card for both onboard or add-on card video cards.
Overview
fuel.service.exe runs as a service under the name AMD FUEL Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access).
Details
| File name: | fuel.service.exe |
| Publisher: | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| Product name: | FusionUtilityService |
| Description: | Fusion Utility-Dienst |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\ati technologies\ati.ace\fuel\fuel.service.exe |
| Original name: | FusionUtilityService.exe.mui |
| File version: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 336 KB (344,064 bytes) |
| Build date: | 12/6/2013 10:06 PM |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001283% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000641% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000641% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 9,375 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 463/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.29 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.98 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.33 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.29 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 48.7 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 57.28 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.41 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.52 MB | |
| Page faults: | 2,297/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 0 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: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 104 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\ati technologies\ati.ace\fuel\fuel.service.exe" /launchservice |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | AMD FUEL Service |
| Description: | “Provides FUEL Functionality” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
55.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
30.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation |
5.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Germany installs about 20.00% of FusionUtilityService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
30.77% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
30.77% |
|
| ASUS |
15.38% |
|
| Medion |
15.38% |
|
| Acer |
7.69% |
|
