Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
psiservice.exe
PSIService by Protexis Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 2.0.0.1 |
| MD5: | 64e413ba0c529aa40c3924bbcc4153db |
| SHA1: | 8e05d5a28739ed474fe44060ed780378764e2530 |
| SHA256: | 9e0eb02078ee250ac618d4a4537d54bacdd7e2b67349162ca61f35eaf91601ee |
Overview
psiservice.exe runs as a service under the name ProtexisLicensing with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Protexis Inc. which was issued by the GeoTrust Inc certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | psiservice.exe |
| Product name: | PSIService |
| Description: | nTitles PSIService |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\psiservice.exe |
| Original name: | PSIServi.exe |
| File version: | 2.0.0.1 |
| Size: | 170.56 KB (174,656 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Protexis Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | GeoTrust Inc |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | 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: | 0.00001549% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000526% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00001023% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 16 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 109/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.78 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 1.14 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 1.01 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.78 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 35.64 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 37.9 MB | |
| Working set: | 1.13 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 3.33 MB | |
| Page faults: | 1,073/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 8 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 0 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 82 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 54 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 5 | |
| GUI USER count: | 1 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command lines: |
- C:\Windows\System32\psiservice.exe
- C:\windows.0\system32\psiservice.exe
|
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | ProtexisLicensing |
| Description: | “Protexis Licensing Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
33.33% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
16.67% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
16.67% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 83.33% of PSIService.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
100.00% |
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