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VersionsAdditional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623) 6.78%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214) 0.18%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.83%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 17.58%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 0.92%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455) 0.18%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 48.17%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 18.50%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 2.56%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 3.11%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 0.18%

PE structurePE file structure
Show functions
Import table
api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-0.dll
CoRegisterClassObject, CoRevokeClassObject, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoUninitialize, CoInitializeEx, CLSIDFromString, StringFromGUID2, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoTaskMemFree, PropVariantClear, CoCreateInstance, CoWaitForMultipleHandles, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoGetMalloc
api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll
DelayLoadFailureHook, ResolveDelayLoadedAPI
api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
GetLastError, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter
api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll
SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetLastError, UnhandledExceptionFilter
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-1.dll
DeleteFileW, CreateFileW, ReadFile, GetFileSize, FileTimeToSystemTime, GetFileAttributesExW
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
CreateFileW, CompareFileTime, GetFileAttributesExW, DeleteFileW, GetFileSize, ReadFile
api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-1.dll
GetFileAttributesExW, ReadFile, DeleteFileW, CreateFileW, CompareFileTime, GetFileSize
api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
CloseHandle
api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
HeapAlloc, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc
api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll
HeapReAlloc, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, HeapFree
api-ms-win-core-heap-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
LocalFree, LocalAlloc
api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedCompareExchange
api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-2-0.dll
InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedCompareExchange, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedDecrement
api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
GetComputerNameW
api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-1.dll
GetComputerNameW
api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
LoadStringW, DisableThreadLibraryCalls, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, LoadLibraryExA
api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll
DisableThreadLibraryCalls, LoadStringW, GetModuleHandleW, GetProcAddress
api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-1-1.dll
LoadStringByReference, FormatMessageW
api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
FormatMessageW
api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1.dll
FormatMessageW
api-ms-win-core-localregistry-l1-1-0.dll
RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegDeleteTreeW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegGetValueW, RegCloseKey
api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
ExpandEnvironmentStringsW
api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-2-0.dll
ExpandEnvironmentStringsW
api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
GetCurrentProcessId, OpenProcessToken, GetCurrentThreadId, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentThread, GetCurrentProcess, OpenThreadToken
api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll
TerminateProcess, OpenThreadToken, GetCurrentThreadId, GetCurrentProcess, OpenProcessToken, GetCurrentThread, GetCurrentProcessId
api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
QueryPerformanceCounter
api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll
RegOpenKeyExW, RegDeleteTreeW, RegCloseKey, RegSetValueExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegEnumValueW, RegGetValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegDeleteKeyExW, RegCopyTreeW, RegDeleteValueW
api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll
SHExpandEnvironmentStringsW
api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
StrStrIW, StrCmpW, StrChrW, StrCmpIW, QISearch, StrRChrW
api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
CompareStringOrdinal, MultiByteToWideChar, CompareStringW
api-ms-win-core-string-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
lstrcmpiW, lstrcmpA, lstrlenW, lstrlenA
api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-1.dll
EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, AcquireSRWLockShared, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, InitializeSRWLock, ReleaseSRWLockShared, WaitForSingleObject, Sleep, InitOnceExecuteOnce, SetEvent, CreateEventW, ResetEvent
api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
CreateEventW, ReleaseSRWLockShared, WaitForSingleObject, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, SetEvent, Sleep, InitializeCriticalSection, ResetEvent, DeleteCriticalSection, AcquireSRWLockShared, InitOnceExecuteOnce, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-1.dll
SystemTimeToFileTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetTickCount, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime, GetComputerNameExW
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-0.dll
GetComputerNameExW, GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime
api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1.dll
GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetComputerNameExW, GetTickCount
api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
SystemTimeToFileTime, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime
api-ms-win-eventing-controller-l1-1-0.dll
StartTraceW, EnableTraceEx2, StopTraceW
api-ms-win-legacy-kernel32-l1-1-0.dll
GetComputerNameW
api-ms-win-legacy-shlwapi-l1-1-0.dll
SHExpandEnvironmentStringsW
api-ms-win-obsolete-kernelbase-l1-1-0.dll
lstrlenW, LocalFree, lstrcmpiW, LocalAlloc
api-ms-win-obsolete-shlwapi-l1-1-0.dll
StrCmpIW, StrStrIW, StrChrW, QISearch, StrRChrW
api-ms-win-security-base-l1-1-0.dll
GetLengthSid, IsValidSid, GetSidSubAuthority, CreateWellKnownSid, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, GetFileSecurityW, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, RevertToSelf, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, CopySid, GetAclInformation, GetAce, EqualSid, EqualDomainSid, GetTokenInformation
api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll
GetAclInformation, GetAce, EqualSid, IsValidSid, GetLengthSid, GetFileSecurityW, GetSidSubAuthority, GetSidSubAuthorityCount, RevertToSelf, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, EqualDomainSid, CreateWellKnownSid, GetSecurityDescriptorDacl, GetTokenInformation, CopySid
api-ms-win-security-credentials-l1-1-0.dll
CredEnumerateW, CredFree, CredDeleteW, CredWriteW
api-ms-win-security-credentials-l2-1-0.dll
CredWriteW, CredEnumerateW, CredDeleteW
api-ms-win-security-lsalookup-l1-1-0.dll
LookupAccountSidLocalW
api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-0.dll
SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW
api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-1.dll
SetServiceStatus, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW
api-ms-win-service-management-l1-1-0.dll
CloseServiceHandle, OpenServiceW, OpenSCManagerW
api-ms-win-service-winsvc-l1-2-0.dll
QueryServiceStatus
api-ms-win-shcore-comhelpers-l1-1-0.dll
IUnknown_Set
api-ms-win-shcore-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll
SHStrDupW
api-ms-win-shcore-registry-l1-1-0.dll
SHDeleteValueW, SHEnumKeyExW, SHDeleteKeyW, SHEnumValueW, SHRegGetValueW, SHDeleteEmptyKeyW, SHSetValueW
api-ms-win-shcore-registry-l1-1-1.dll
SHDeleteKeyW, SHEnumKeyExW, SHEnumValueW, SHRegGetValueW, SHDeleteEmptyKeyW, SHDeleteValueW
api-ms-win-shcore-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
IsOS
api-ms-win-shcore-thread-l1-1-0.dll
SHCreateThread, SHCreateThreadWithHandle
kernel32.dll
InitOnceExecuteOnce, HeapReAlloc, FileTimeToSystemTime, SystemTimeToFileTime, lstrcmpiW, CompareStringW, ExpandEnvironmentStringsW, ReadFile, GetFileSize, GetComputerNameExW, FormatMessageW, ResetEvent, GetModuleHandleW, CreateFileW, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, InterlockedCompareExchange, DelayLoadFailureHook, CreateEventW, WaitForSingleObject, SetEvent, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, GetComputerNameW, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, CloseHandle, InitializeCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, CompareStringOrdinal, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, lstrlenW, LocalAlloc, LocalFree, GetLastError, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime, DeleteFileW, GetFileAttributesExW, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime
msvcrt.dll
DllMain
ntdll.dll
EtwRegisterTraceGuidsW, EtwGetTraceLoggerHandle, EtwGetTraceEnableLevel, EtwGetTraceEnableFlags, WinSqmIncrementDWORD, EtwEventWrite, EtwTraceMessage, RtlInitializeSid, RtlInitUnicodeString, RtlMapGenericMask, RtlNtStatusToDosError, EtwUnregisterTraceGuids, EtwEventRegister, EtwEventUnregister, RtlSubAuthoritySid
shell32.dll
SHGetKnownFolderPath, SHCreateItemFromRelativeName, SHGetKnownFolderIDList, SHCreateShellItemArrayFromShellItem, SHChangeNotify, SHGetKnownFolderItem
shlwapi.dll
StrToIntExW, SHStrDupW, SHEnumKeyExW, SHEnumValueW, SHRegGetValueW, SHDeleteValueW, StrCmpIW, StrRChrW, StrChrW, StrDupW, StrToInt64ExW, SHSetValueW, StrStrIW
ws2_32.dll
GetAddrInfoW, WSAAddressToStringW, FreeAddrInfoW
Export table
DllCanUnloadNow
DllGetClassObject
ListenerServiceMain

listsvc.dll

Windows HomeGroup by Microsoft

Remove listsvc.dll
Version:   6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
MD5:   6cc1ad7b0e071c317b7fb8fc6aef0eda
SHA1:   c1e716e4fdf6fe5e2cbaee05401ee49b7e9093de
SHA256:   2a907e87e491f76b75f13cd921962ea4d1ff4c705e393f8fa3f48ec701e668f5
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is listsvc.dll?

A homegroup is a group of computers on a home network that can share files and printers. Using a homegroup makes sharing easier. You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers with other people in your homegroup. Other people can't change the files that you share unless you give them permission to do so.

About listsvc.dll (from Microsoft)

“If you ever find yourself emailing docs to the computer in the next room so you can print them, HomeGroup was designed for you. Now, you can easily connect two or more PCs running Windows 7 on your ho”

DetailsDetails

File name:listsvc.dll
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Windows HomeGroup
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\listsvc.dll
Original name:ListSvc.dll.mui
File version:6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)
Product version:6.2.9200.16384
Size:258 KB (264,192 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

BehaviorsBehaviors

Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'
  • Shared name is 'HomeGroupListener'

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 44.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.00%
Windows 8 10.50%
Windows 8.1 9.50%
Windows 7 Professional 8.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro 5.50%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 3.00%
Windows 8 Pro 2.00%
Windows 8 Single Language 1.00%
Windows 8 Enterprise 0.50%
Windows Developer Preview 0.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview 0.50%
Windows Vista Ultimate 0.50%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 52.02% of Windows HomeGroup.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 20.51%
Hewlett-Packard 16.85%
ASUS 15.38%
Toshiba 13.19%
Acer 10.62%
Lenovo 9.52%
Sony 4.40%
Samsung 1.83%
GIGABYTE 1.47%
NEC 1.47%
Intel 1.47%
Alienware 1.10%
Gateway 0.73%
MSI 0.73%
American Megatrends 0.37%
Sahara 0.37%
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