pla.dll
Performance Logs & Alerts by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
There are 7 versions of pla.dll in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). pla.dll is run as a standard windows process in the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 1.38 MB. The executable is a .NET framework assembly utilizing the CLR. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is about 0.0003% including both foreground and background operations, the average private memory consumption is about 5.56 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 9.62 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 743 Bytes per minute for reads and 0 Bytes per minute for writes.
Details |
File name: | pla.dll |
Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
Product name: | Performance Logs & Alerts |
Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\pla.dll |
Original name: | PLA.DLL.MUI |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of pla.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job 'RAM - Padrao' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\RAM - Padrao'
- The task 'New Data Collector Set' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\New Data Collector Set'
- The task 'LSC Memory' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\LSC Memory'
- The job 'System Overview' runs in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\System Overview'
- The job 'ConvertLogEntries' in the path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\System\ConvertLogEntries'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\System Overview'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\Server Manager Performance Monitor'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\KCTR$1179'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\New Data Collector Set'
- Entry path '\Microsoft\Windows\PLA\System\ConvertLogEntries'
Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
- Shared name is 'pla'
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All file variations of pla.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows Vista Home Premium |
52.38% |
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Windows Vista Ultimate |
11.11% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
7.94% |
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Windows Vista Home Basic |
7.94% |
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Windows 8 Single Language |
4.76% |
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Windows 8 |
4.76% |
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Windows 8.1 |
4.76% |
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Windows Vista Business |
3.17% |
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Windows Server 2008 Standard |
1.59% |
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Windows Server 2012 Standard Evaluation |
1.59% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.33% of Performance Logs & Alerts.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Lenovo |
32.26% |
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Dell |
22.58% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
16.13% |
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Sony |
12.90% |
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ASUS |
9.68% |
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Intel |
3.23% |
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American Megatrends |
1.61% |
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Samsung |
1.61% |
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