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VersionsAdditional versions

6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247) 1.03%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 30.73%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) 55.35%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 8.35%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.06%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 0.54%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205) 1.88%
5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.090206-1316) 0.24%
5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234) 1.51%
5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234) 0.24%
5.1.2600.3520 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.090206-1233) 0.06%

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services.exe

Services and Controller app by Microsoft

Remove services.exe
Version:   5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.090206-1316)
MD5:   aa6e1769469f9d15603a619fc1fb9e18
SHA1:   036f4b93ff39f2bfdc55b75b4726830cd2d3c46c
SHA256:   a633f19a24120c327f1176469870cc668318455e40ca93c7441a4ffb9785214b
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is services.exe?

Service Control Manager (SCM) is a special system process which starts, stops and interacts with Windows service processes. The SCM executable, Services.exe, runs as a Windows console program, and is launched by the Wininit process early during the system startup.

Overview

services.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges). This is the Service Service Control Manager for Windows wich is responsible for controlling most Windows services. This version is installed on Windows XP and is compiled as a 32 bit program.

DetailsDetails

File name:services.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Services and Controller app
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\services.exe
Original name:services.exe.mui
File version:5.1.2600.5755 (xpsp_sp3_qfe.090206-1316)
Product version:5.1.2600.5755
Size:108.5 KB (111,104 bytes)
Digital DNA
Entropy:6.449338
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00275525%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00166631%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00108894%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:2,581,797 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
Context switches:86/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:4.37 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):6.3 MB
Private (minimum):3.04 MB
Non-paged memory:4.37 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:34.29 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):55.01 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:6.21 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):13.39 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:14,796/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:82 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:457 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:317 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:27/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:16
12
Handles:376
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI USER count:2
49

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Undefined
Platform:32-bit
Command line:C:\Windows\System32\services.exe
Owner:SYSTEM
Parent process:winlogon.exe (by Microsoft)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 56.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 26.50%
Windows 7 Professional 8.50%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.50%
Windows Vista Home Premium 3.50%
Windows 7 Starter 1.00%
Windows Seven Black Edition 0.50%
Windows Vista Home Basic 0.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 46.73% of Services and Controller app.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Dell 26.22%
Hewlett-Packard 18.73%
ASUS 13.48%
Acer 12.73%
Toshiba 11.99%
Sony 3.75%
Lenovo 3.75%
Samsung 2.25%
GIGABYTE 2.25%
MSI 1.50%
Alienware 0.75%
Medion 0.75%
Intel 0.75%
Gateway 0.75%
Sahara 0.37%
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