Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
HostStorageService.exe
Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0 by Broadcom Corp (Signed)
| Version: | 2.1.4.58 |
| MD5: | ec31c9a4d1059e599dd1dbb50b84f278 |
| SHA1: | 9cf10fbe92d7ba02c5b5fd7b39dead3e0d18cb38 |
Overview
hoststorageservice.exe runs as a service under the name Credential Vault Host Storage with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Broadcom Corp which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | hoststorageservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Broadcom Corporation |
| Product name: | Broadcom CV Host Component 1.0 |
| Description: | Host Storage Application |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\broadcom corporation\broadcom ush host components\cv\bin\hoststorageservice.exe |
| File version: | 2.1.4.58 |
| Size: | 35.91 KB (36,768 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/11/2011 3:05 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Broadcom Corp |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, October 25, 2012 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Credential Vault Host Storage'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00002697% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002034% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000663% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 547/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.98 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.45 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 864 KB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 30.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 32.41 MB | |
| Working set: | 912 KB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.48 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,282/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 67 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\broadcom corporation\broadcom ush host components\cv\bin\hoststorageservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Credential Vault Host Storage |
| Description: | “Host Storage Service for Persisting CV Objects into Hard drive” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| HostStorageService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00005516% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00002758% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00002758% | |
| CPU cycles: | 242/sec | |
| Memory: | 48 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003765% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00003765% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 121/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Professional |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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