Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952)	44.79%
6.3.9600.17031 (winblue_gdr.140221-1952)	1.04%
6.3.9600.16500 (winblue_gdr.131226-1506)	5.21%
6.3.9600.16500 (winblue_gdr.131226-1506)	1.04%
6.3.9600.16474 (winblue_gdr.131122-1506)	3.13%
6.3.9600.16456 (winblue_gdr.131105-0117)	4.17%
6.3.9600.16412 (winblue_gdr.130925-1958)	20.83%
6.3.9600.16412 (winblue_gdr.130925-1958)	1.04%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	1.04%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	3.13%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	1.04%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	1.04%
6.2.9200.16420 (win8_gdr.120919-1813)	11.46%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	1.04%

Relationships

Parent process

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

Child process

winlogon.exe (Windows Logon Application by Microsoft)

Related files

PE file structure

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Import table

advapi32.dll

EventWrite, TraceMessage, GetTraceLoggerHandle, GetTraceEnableLevel, GetTraceEnableFlags, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, EventRegister, EventUnregister, RegCloseKey, RegDeleteTreeW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegGetValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegOpenKeyExW, LookupPrivilegeValueW, AdjustTokenPrivileges, OpenProcessToken, RegSetKeyValueW, RegEnumKeyExW

api-ms-win-core-apiquery-l1-1-0.dll

ApiSetQueryApiSetPresence

api-ms-win-core-com-l1-1-1.dll

CoReleaseMarshalData, PropVariantClear, StringFromCLSID, CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, CoCreateGuid, CoResumeClassObjects, CoRegisterClassObject, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoReleaseServerProcess, CoGetCallContext, CoSetProxyBlanket, CoAddRefServerProcess, CoRevokeClassObject, CoMarshalInterThreadInterfaceInStream, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoGetInterfaceAndReleaseStream, RoGetAgileReference, CoUninitialize, CoFreeUnusedLibraries, CoGetApartmentType, CoGetMalloc, StringFromGUID2, CoInitializeEx, CLSIDFromString, CoCreateFreeThreadedMarshaler, StringFromIID, CoWaitForMultipleHandles, CoGetClassObject

api-ms-win-core-delayload-l1-1-1.dll

ResolveDelayLoadedAPI, DelayLoadFailureHook

api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-1.dll

UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetLastError, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, RaiseException

api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-1.dll

CompareFileTime, GetFileAttributesW, SetFileAttributesW, DeleteFileW, FindNextFileW, FindClose, RemoveDirectoryW, FindFirstFileW

api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll

CloseHandle, DuplicateHandle

api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-2-0.dll

HeapSetInformation, HeapFree, GetProcessHeap

api-ms-win-core-heap-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll

LocalAlloc, LocalReAlloc, LocalFree

api-ms-win-core-kernel32-legacy-l1-1-1.dll

CreateSemaphoreW

api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-1.dll

GetModuleFileNameW, FreeLibraryAndExitThread, FreeLibrary, GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleExW

api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll

GetModuleFileNameW, FreeLibrary, FreeLibraryAndExitThread, GetModuleHandleA, GetModuleHandleExW

api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1.dll

GetUserDefaultLCID, GetGeoInfoW, GetUserGeoID

api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll

PathAllocCombine, PathCchAppend

api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-2.dll

CreateThread, OpenThreadToken, GetCurrentThread, SetPriorityClass, TlsSetValue, TlsAlloc, TlsFree, GetStartupInfoW, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, OpenProcessToken, TlsGetValue, ProcessIdToSessionId, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, SetThreadPriority

api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

QueryPerformanceCounter

api-ms-win-core-registry-l1-1-0.dll

RegQueryValueExW, RegDeleteTreeW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegGetValueW, RegOpenCurrentUser, RegCreateKeyExW, RegOpenKeyExW, RegEnumValueW, RegSetValueExW, RegCloseKey, RegQueryInfoKeyW

api-ms-win-core-registry-l2-1-0.dll

RegDeleteKeyValueW

api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-legacy-l1-1-0.dll

PathFindFileNameW

api-ms-win-core-shlwapi-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll

StrToIntExW, StrToIntW, StrStrIW, StrRChrW, QISearch

api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll

CompareStringOrdinal, WideCharToMultiByte, MultiByteToWideChar

api-ms-win-core-string-l2-1-0.dll

CharLowerBuffW

api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll

CreateEventExW, InitOnceExecuteOnce, WaitForSingleObject, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive, CreateEventW, SetEvent, EnterCriticalSection, ResetEvent, CreateMutexExW, ReleaseMutex, DeleteCriticalSection, OpenEventW, InitializeCriticalSectionEx, InitializeCriticalSection, ReleaseSRWLockShared, LeaveCriticalSection, InitializeSRWLock, ReleaseSemaphore, OpenSemaphoreW, AcquireSRWLockShared, Sleep

api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1.dll

GetSystemTime, GetSystemDirectoryW, GetTickCount, GetVersionExW, GetTickCount64, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetOsSafeBootMode

api-ms-win-core-threadpool-l1-2-0.dll

SetThreadpoolTimer, WaitForThreadpoolTimerCallbacks, CloseThreadpoolTimer, CallbackMayRunLong, TrySubmitThreadpoolCallback, CreateThreadpoolTimer, FreeLibraryWhenCallbackReturns, SetThreadpoolWait, CreateThreadpoolWait, CloseThreadpoolWait

api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll

SystemTimeToFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime

api-ms-win-core-url-l1-1-0.dll

UrlEscapeW

api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll

EncodePointer, DecodePointer

api-ms-win-core-winrt-error-l1-1-1.dll

RoTransformError, RoOriginateError, RoOriginateErrorW

api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll

RoRevokeActivationFactories, RoGetActivationFactory, RoActivateInstance, RoRegisterActivationFactories

api-ms-win-core-winrt-string-l1-1-0.dll

WindowsCreateString, WindowsGetStringRawBuffer, WindowsCreateStringReference, WindowsStringHasEmbeddedNull, WindowsIsStringEmpty, WindowsDeleteString

api-ms-win-eventing-classicprovider-l1-1-0.dll

TraceMessage, GetTraceEnableFlags, GetTraceLoggerHandle, RegisterTraceGuidsW, UnregisterTraceGuids, GetTraceEnableLevel

api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll

EventRegister, EventWrite, EventUnregister

api-ms-win-power-base-l1-1-0.dll

PowerDeterminePlatformRoleEx

api-ms-win-security-base-l1-2-0.dll

AdjustTokenPrivileges, GetSidSubAuthority, GetTokenInformation, CreateWellKnownSid

api-ms-win-security-lsalookup-l1-1-1.dll

ReleaseIdentityProviderEnumContext, GetIdentityProviderInfoByGUID, EnumerateIdentityProviders, GetDefaultIdentityProvider

api-ms-win-security-provider-l1-1-0.dll

GetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetNamedSecurityInfoW, SetEntriesInAclW

api-ms-win-security-sddl-l1-1-0.dll

ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, ConvertSidToStringSidW

api-ms-win-shcore-obsolete-l1-1-0.dll

SHStrDupW, CommandLineToArgvW, SHStrDupA

api-ms-win-shcore-registry-l1-1-1.dll

SHRegGetValueW, SHSetValueW, SHDeleteKeyW, SHRegSetPathW, SHDeleteValueW, SHRegGetPathW

api-ms-win-shcore-stream-l1-1-0.dll

IStream_Copy, IStream_Write, IStream_Reset, IStream_Size, IStream_Read, SHOpenRegStream2W, SHCreateMemStream

api-ms-win-shcore-thread-l1-1-0.dll

SHCreateThreadWithHandle, SHGetThreadRef, SHSetThreadRef, SHCreateThread, SHCreateThreadRef

api-ms-win-shell-shellfolders-l1-1-0.dll

SHGetKnownFolderPath

kernel32.dll

GetCurrentProcess, HeapSetInformation, SetProcessInformation, CompareStringOrdinal, LocalFree, CompareFileTime, ResetEvent, AcquireSRWLockShared, ReleaseSRWLockShared, Sleep, GetTickCount64, SetThreadpoolTimer, WaitForMultipleObjects, AcquireSRWLockExclusive, ReleaseSRWLockExclusive, CreateEventExW, SetPriorityClass, OpenEventW, ResolveDelayLoadedAPI, DelayLoadFailureHook, InitializeSRWLock, SetThreadPriority, GetModuleFileNameW, GetModuleHandleExW, TlsSetValue, TlsGetValue, DuplicateHandle, TlsFree, TlsAlloc, GetCurrentThread, LocalAlloc, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetModuleHandleA, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoW, InterlockedExchange, GetCurrentProcessId, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, DeleteCriticalSection, InitializeCriticalSection, GetCurrentThreadId, WaitForSingleObject, GetLastError, CloseHandle, InterlockedCompareExchange, CloseThreadpoolTimer, CreateThreadpoolTimer, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedIncrement, CreateEventW, SetEvent

msvcrt.dll

DllMain

ntdll.dll

WinSqmAddToAverageDWORD, RtlInitUnicodeString, EtwTraceMessage, WinSqmAddToStream, RtlFreeHeap, RtlAllocateHeap, ZwAlpcCancelMessage, ZwAlpcSendWaitReceivePort, ZwAlpcConnectPort, RtlWaitOnAddress, TpAllocAlpcCompletion, AlpcGetMessageAttribute, RtlWakeAddressAll, TpWaitForAlpcCompletion, ZwAlpcDisconnectPort, ZwClose, TpReleaseAlpcCompletion, ZwAlpcQueryInformation, AlpcInitializeMessageAttribute, vDbgPrintEx, WinSqmIsOptedIn, WinSqmAddToStreamEx, WinSqmSetDWORD, WinSqmIncrementDWORD, WinSqmSetDWORD64, NtPowerInformation, EtwEventWrite, NtSetInformationProcess, NtSetInformationThread

propsys.dll

PSCreateMemoryPropertyStore, PropVariantToBoolean, PropVariantToStringAlloc, PropVariantToUInt32

user32.dll

SystemParametersInfoW, GetKeyboardLayout, DefWindowProcW, DestroyWindow, CharLowerBuffW, SetWindowLongW, GetWindowLongW, ActivateKeyboardLayout

userenv.dll

GetProfileType

SettingSyncHost.exe

Host Process for Setting Synchronization by Microsoft

Remove SettingSyncHost.exe

Version:	6.3.9600.16412 (winblue_gdr.130925-1958)
MD5:	891acfb1fdafe2c5e1996427dbc27b30
SHA1:	2a9300e54f150f4e0f86d66eec51b194c3d4f8f5

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

settingsynchost.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). and is compiled as a 64 bit program.

Details

File name:	settingsynchost.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Host Process for Setting Synchronization
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\settingsynchost.exe
File version:	6.3.9600.16412 (winblue_gdr.130925-1958)
Product version:	6.3.9600.16412
Size:	617 KB (631,808 bytes)
Build date:	9/26/2013 3:03 AM
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Network connections

[TCP] 134.170.104.224:443

[TCP] 157.55.241.152:443

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00490654%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00335214%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00155440%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,850,383 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	3,172,832/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	44/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	9.87 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	25.24 MB
Private (minimum):	2.63 MB
Non-paged memory:	9.87 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	210.27 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	491.65 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	6.28 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	28.96 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	269,459/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	83.99 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	5/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	92.84 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	8/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	12.2 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	131/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	7	12
Handles:	563	600
GUI GDI count:	12	103
GUI GDI peak:	14	142
GUI USER count:	10	49
GUI USER peak:	24	71

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Windows\System32\settingsynchost.exe" -embedding
Owner:	User
Parent process:	svchost.exe (Host Process for Windows Services by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.03145483%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.02149342%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00996141%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	840,635/sec	5,741,424/sec
Context switches:	2/sec	79/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB	1.16 MB
ESENT.dll
Total CPU:	0.00537417%
Kernel CPU:	0.00537417%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	78,042/sec
Memory:	2.69 MB
SettingSyncHost.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00146237%
Kernel CPU:	0.00106039%
User CPU:	0.00040198%
CPU cycles:	35,301/sec
Memory:	640 KB
combase.dll
Total CPU:	0.00111350%
Kernel CPU:	0.00077361%
User CPU:	0.00033989%
CPU cycles:	35,524/sec
Memory:	1.84 MB
shcore.dll
Total CPU:	0.00047514%
Kernel CPU:	0.00036861%
User CPU:	0.00010653%
CPU cycles:	20,055/sec
Memory:	644 KB
winbici.dll
Total CPU:	0.00041780%
Kernel CPU:	0.00036888%
User CPU:	0.00004892%
CPU cycles:	7,531/sec
Memory:	132 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 8.1	41.05%
Windows 8.1 Pro	21.05%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	9.47%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	6.32%
Windows 8 Pro	5.26%
Windows 8	4.21%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise	2.11%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview	2.11%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	2.11%
Windows 8.1 N	1.05%
Windows 8 Single Language	1.05%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation	1.05%
Windows 8.1 Single Language Preview	1.05%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview with Media Center	1.05%
Windows 8 Enterprise	1.05%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 44.68% of Host Process for Setting Synchronization.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
ASUS	25.93%
Hewlett-Packard	15.74%
Acer	14.81%
Lenovo	12.96%
Toshiba	9.26%
Dell	9.26%
Sony	5.56%
Alienware	1.85%
Samsung	1.85%
Medion	1.85%
GIGABYTE	0.93%

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