Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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hostcontrolservice.exe
Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0 by Broadcom Corporation (Signed)
| Version: | 1.6.323.28 |
| MD5: | e5e7a3bea7033479d205ca5048fe4fe8 |
| SHA1: | 7956bd4dd2416f63029cf5906dbb0813abdfa833 |
| SHA256: | 89380cd88101cb0b954675c7f97c9907185a9412df0f8a1cba9580acfd692d76 |
Overview
hostcontrolservice.exe runs as a service under the name Credential Vault Host Control Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Broadcom Corporation which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | hostcontrolservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corporation |
| Product name: | Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0 |
| Description: | Host Control Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\broadcom corporation\broadcom ush host components\cv\bin\hostcontrolservice.exe |
| Original name: | HostControlServer.exe |
| File version: | 1.6.323.28 |
| Size: | 793.35 KB (812,392 bytes) |
| Build date: | 6/24/2009 4:03 PM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Broadcom Corporation |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, March 26, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Credential Vault Host Control Service'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003741% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002235% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001506% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 1,001/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 2.39 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 3.57 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.2 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 2.39 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 34.65 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 34.9 MB | |
| Working set: | 3.39 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.57 MB | |
| Page faults: | 972/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: | 2 | |
| Handles: | 54 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\broadcom corporation\broadcom ush host components\cv\bin\hostcontrolservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Credential Vault Host Control Service |
| Description: | “Host Control Service for Fingerprint Processing” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Business |
50.00% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 100.00% of Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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