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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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PSIA.exe
Secunia PSI Agent by Secunia (Signed)
| Version: | 3.0.0.0005 |
| MD5: | 6f499768267211309b01688cf1f0b9a2 |
| SHA1: | 23bdec256259603bc4a46238ffe6ea4651b1d924 |
| SHA256: | eae270373fa7809cf2dff3f421c71ebda4115f3c3fa43f3ed21d6cfb4bc7cecc |
Overview
psia.exe runs as a service under the name Secunia PSI Agent with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Secunia which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | psia.exe |
| Publisher: | Secunia |
| Product name: | Secunia PSI Agent |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\secunia\psi\psia.exe |
| File version: | 3.0.0.0005 |
| Size: | 1.23 MB (1,294,904 bytes) |
| Build date: | 2/24/2012 11:43 AM |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Secunia |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Friday, May 28, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Network connections
[TCP] psi.secunia.com (91.198.117.247:443)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.03042829% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00440079% | |
| User CPU: | 0.02602750% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 11,641 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 63/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 12.68 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 18.43 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.98 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 12.68 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 69.32 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 73.31 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.28 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 18.55 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 10 | |
| Handles: | 445 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Undefined |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\secunia\psi\psia.exe" --start-service |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Secunia PSI Agent |
| Description: | “Performs routine software inspections of the system, the results of which can be seen in your Secunia PSI” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
53.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
8.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
6.67% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
3.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
3.33% |
|
| Windows 8 |
3.33% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.33% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.33% of Secunia PSI Agent.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
26.67% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.33% |
|
| Toshiba |
20.00% |
|
| Acer |
15.00% |
|
| ASUS |
10.00% |
|
| Intel |
3.33% |
|
| Samsung |
1.67% |
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