Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
pluginservice.exe
IePlugin control by Thinknice Co. Limited (Signed)
| Version: | 13.27.0.301 |
| MD5: | 3a13cffc1233add8f2fafe33be14fad4 |
| SHA1: | 56659f7ff1f1fa7906a77228e315f65f38bcef73 |
Overview
pluginservice.exe runs as a service under the name IePlugin Service (IePluginService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program SupTab published by Thinknice Co. Limited and is most likely removed by most users once installed (80% removed). The file is digitally signed by Thinknice Co. Limited which was issued by the GlobalSign nv-sa certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | pluginservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Cherished Technololgy LIMITED |
| Product name: | IePlugin control |
| Description: | IePlugin Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\ProgramData\iepluginservices\pluginservice.exe |
| Original name: | IePluginService.exe |
| File version: | 13.27.0.301 |
| Size: | 687.61 KB (704,112 bytes) |
| Build date: | 5/8/2014 3:02 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Thinknice Co. Limited |
| Authority (CA): | GlobalSign nv-sa |
| Effective date: | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, November 26, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
SupTab is an web browser advertisement injection extension that is designed with the core purpose of delivering ads to the user's web browser. Ads are in the form of banners (both static and videos) as well as context-hyper links. This adware is mostly bundled with 3rd party download managers that include a number of additional offers, all potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).
Ads which are delivered by this adware are injected on an...
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'IePluginService' (IePlugin Service)
- 'IePluginServices' (IePlugin Services)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00058234% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00031623% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00026611% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 33,826 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 372,665/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.21 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.9 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 6.91 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.21 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 73.95 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 79.93 MB | |
| Working set: | 8.05 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 11.08 MB | |
| Page faults: | 260,236/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 146.36 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 4/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 3.4 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 61/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 264 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | C:\ProgramData\iepluginservices\pluginservice.exe -service |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | IePluginService |
| Display name: | IePlugin Service |
| Description: | “IePlugin service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| PluginService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00195259% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00069907% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00125352% | |
| CPU cycles: | 42,742/sec | |
| Memory: | 704 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00003424% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00003424% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,086/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
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 |
31.82% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
27.27% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
13.64% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
9.09% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
9.09% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
9.09% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 31.82% of IePlugin control.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Toshiba |
27.59% |
|
| Dell |
13.79% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
13.79% |
|
| Acer |
13.79% |
|
| ASUS |
13.79% |
|
| Lenovo |
13.79% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
3.45% |
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