lsm.exe
Local Session Manager Service by Microsoft
Version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
MD5: | 8aea9a37c1a3565a204d37c5e72ab791 |
SHA1: | e16beae2233832547bac23fbd82d5321cfc5d645 |
SHA256: | 939903f93ff37525a6c4b5cba29cdeee6d6055c42d605e80ae787f2a76f9870e |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is lsm.exe?
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS), is a process in Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for enforcing the security policy on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates access tokens.
Overview
lsm.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
wininit.exe (Windows Start-Up Application by Microsoft). This version is designed to run on Windows 7 and is compiled as a 32 bit program.
Details
File name: | lsm.exe |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
Product name: | Local Session Manager Service |
Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\lsm.exe |
Original name: | lsm.exe.mui |
File version: | 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) |
Product version: | 6.1.7600.16385 |
Size: | 261.5 KB (267,776 bytes) |
Digital DNA |
Entropy: | 6.506473 |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.00152174% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00094255% | |
User CPU: | 0.00057919% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 1,816,651 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 112,882/sec | |
Context switches: | 11/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 1.5 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 3.06 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 1.95 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 1.5 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 17.66 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 19.5 MB | |
Working set: | 2.25 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 3.36 MB | |
Page faults: | 4,992/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 1.65 KB/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 3 Bytes/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 11 | |
Handles: | 169 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
ntdll.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.04722955% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.02874102% | |
User CPU: | 0.01848853% | |
CPU cycles: | 1,489,186/sec | |
Context switches: | 18/sec | |
Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
lsm.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.00049636% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00038837% | |
User CPU: | 0.00010799% | |
CPU cycles: | 7,444/sec | |
Memory: | 272 KB | |
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 Home Premium |
56.00% |
|
Windows 7 Ultimate |
26.00% |
|
Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
|
Windows 7 Home Basic |
3.50% |
|
Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.50% |
|
Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 47.24% of Local Session Manager Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
26.42% |
|
Hewlett-Packard |
18.87% |
|
ASUS |
13.58% |
|
Acer |
12.83% |
|
Toshiba |
12.08% |
|
Sony |
3.77% |
|
Lenovo |
3.02% |
|
Samsung |
2.26% |
|
GIGABYTE |
2.26% |
|
MSI |
1.51% |
|
Alienware |
0.75% |
|
Medion |
0.75% |
|
Intel |
0.75% |
|
Gateway |
0.75% |
|
Sahara |
0.38% |
|