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% |
|