Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
 
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        HWDeviceService.exe
HWDeviceService by HUAWEI Technologies Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 2, 0, 0, 42 | 
| MD5: | f712e3dd38299e2d308291f4b0c07817 | 
| SHA1: | 92a5e47364034f28c165e56c33787546782cefcf | 
| SHA256: | 6772fc3f93e74ddee14b428ba57312c64e54e33de5a9c6b6030323762aedbc55 | 
Overview
hwdeviceservice.exe runs as a service under the name HWDeviceService.exe with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by HUAWEI Technologies Co. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
 Details
Details
| File name: | hwdeviceservice.exe | 
| Product name: | HWDeviceService | 
| Description: | DCSHOST | 
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\datacardservice\hwdeviceservice.exe | 
| File version: | 2, 0, 0, 42 | 
| Size: | 263.84 KB (270,176 bytes) | 
| Certificate | 
| Issued to: | HUAWEI Technologies Co. | 
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign | 
| Digital DNA | 
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI | 
| File packed: | No | 
| .NET CLR: | No | 
More details
 Behaviors
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
 Resource utilization
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
| CPU | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00191884% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00057780% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00134104% |  | 
| Kernel CPU time: | 9,328 ms/min |  | 
| Context switches: | 5/sec |  | 
| Memory | 
| Private memory: | 2.64 MB |  | 
| Private (maximum): | 4.02 MB |  | 
| Private (minimum): | 4.02 MB |  | 
| Non-paged memory: | 2.64 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory: | 40.94 MB |  | 
| Virtual memory (peak): | 46.56 MB |  | 
| Working set: | 4.02 MB |  | 
| Working set (peak): | 4.11 MB |  | 
| Page faults: | 9,381/min |  | 
| I/O | 
| I/O read transfer: | 25.64 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O read operations: | 7/sec |  | 
| I/O write transfer: | 44 Bytes/sec |  | 
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec |  | 
| I/O other transfer: | 2.21 KB/sec |  | 
| I/O other operations: | 100/sec |  | 
| Resource allocations | 
| Threads: | 4 |  | 
| Handles: | 80 |  | 
| GUI GDI count: | 4 |  | 
| GUI USER count: | 2 |  | 
 
 Process properties
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined | 
| Platform: | 32-bit | 
| Command line: | "C:\documents and settings\all users\datos de programa\datacardservice\hwdeviceservice.exe" -/service | 
| Owner: | SYSTEM | 
| Windows Service | 
| Service name: | HWDeviceService.exe | 
| Description: | “Service for runing Mobile applications autorun.” | 
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess | 
| Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) | 
 Threads
Threads
Averages
 
| HWDeviceService.exe (main module) | 
| Total CPU: | 0.02036814% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.01936193% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00100621% |  | 
| Context switches: | 2/sec |  | 
| Memory: | 276 KB |  | 
| ADVAPI32.dll | 
| Total CPU: | 0.00097571% |  | 
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00036589% |  | 
| User CPU: | 0.00060982% |  | 
| Memory: | 688 KB |  | 
 
 Distribution by Windows OS
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution | 
| Windows 7 Ultimate | 54.55% |  | 
| Microsoft Windows XP | 10.91% |  | 
| Windows Vista Home Premium | 9.09% |  | 
| Windows 8 Pro | 7.27% |  | 
| Windows 7 Professional | 7.27% |  | 
| Windows 7 Starter | 3.64% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Premium | 3.64% |  | 
| Windows 7 Home Basic | 3.64% |  | 
 Distribution by country
Distribution by country
Thailand installs about 10.91% of HWDeviceService.
 Distribution by PC manufacturer
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution | 
| Hewlett-Packard | 27.27% |  | 
| Dell | 27.27% |  | 
| Acer | 27.27% |  | 
| Toshiba | 18.18% |  |