Should I block it?

40%

40% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

21.2.0.1139	50.00%
20.1.0.3831	50.00%

Relationships

Parent process

svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

ServiceLocator.exe

Service Locator by APN LLC (Signed)

Remove ServiceLocator.exe

Version:	20.1.0.3831
MD5:	12d49fad89890957b1978ee2f647aee4
SHA1:	f09acfd95a94549fe6e285395e14b27029c4bc76
SHA256:	37b28066f9fde2b4e91d303e07e19aecfbb60e400e128f27db759f444ba5ef4c

Overview

servicelocator.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation). The file is digitally signed by APN LLC which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	servicelocator.exe
Publisher:	APN LLC.
Product name:	Service Locator
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\servicelocator.exe
File version:	20.1.0.3831
Size:	114.63 KB (117,384 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:	APN LLC
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Sunday, April 15, 2012
Expiration date:	Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00506328%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00203846%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00302482%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	31 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	87,520/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	984 KB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	3.48 MB
Private (minimum):	3.45 MB
Non-paged memory:	984 KB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	41.99 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	44.18 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	3.5 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	3.52 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	1,321/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	48 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	2/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	22 Bytes/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	1/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	77 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	13/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	3	12
Handles:	53	600
GUI GDI count:	4	103
GUI USER count:	1	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\askpartnernetwork\toolbar\servicelocator.exe" -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)