Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
MSIFoundationService.exe
MSI Foundation Service by MSI
| Version: | 1.0.1004.0701 |
| MD5: | 87b9daf6d123ec06c19b41d5295441ad |
| SHA1: | 3fb139086ba480e0c8d2df0c31a734ba86926665 |
Overview
msifoundationservice.exe runs as a service under the name MSI Foundation Service with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | msifoundationservice.exe |
| Publisher: | MSI |
| Product name: | MSI Foundation Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\msi\msi house\msifoundationservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.1004.0701 |
| Size: | 12.5 KB (12,800 bytes) |
| Build date: | 7/16/2010 4:39 AM |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000426% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000170% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000255% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 62 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 71,401/sec | |
| Context switches: | 3/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 28.43 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 12 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 2.67 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 28.43 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 486.63 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 488.63 MB | |
| Working set: | 6.81 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 17.87 MB | |
| Page faults: | 10,945/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 6 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 172 | |
Process properties
Threads
Averages
| mscorwks.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003872% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003872% | |
| CPU cycles: | 115,096/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 9.61 MB | |
| MSIFoundationService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00001028% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00001028% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 220/sec | |
| Memory: | 40 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 |
100.00% |
|
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| MSI |
100.00% |
|
