Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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SftService.exe
SoftThinks Agent Service by Dell Inc (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.82.72 |
| MD5: | 74ec60e20516aaa573be74f31175270f |
| SHA1: | a3af4dd030b6c4d74e9cfefcfb1e52ed08f0caf3 |
| SHA256: | 35a68231368dee46fef2a4e30bfaac38f093fc5a362a7491ed38bde11f0fc356 |
About SftService.exe (from Dell Inc)
“SoftThinks Deployment Suite helps manage the entire lifecycle of computers from out-of-box experience to reconfigurations to repairs to refurbishing. With SDS, you can create, store, and manage an unl”
Overview
sftservice.exe runs as a service under the name SftService (SftService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Dell DataSafe Local Backup published by Dell Inc. and Dell DataSafe Local Backup published by Dell Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Dell Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | sftservice.exe |
| Publisher: | SoftThinks SAS |
| Product name: | SoftThinks Agent Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\dell datasafe local backup\sftservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.82.72 |
| Size: | 1.61 MB (1,692,480 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Dell Inc |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
“Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is a backup application installed on Dell Inspiron, Studio and XPS computers as of April 22, 2009.
Unlike previous versions of Dell's system protection software, Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is able to restore a Dell computer to the original factory-installed configuration without erasing personal files and data.
Dell DataSafe Local Backup 2.0 is available in Basic, Pro and RAID1 versions.”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- SftService
- 'SftService' (SoftThinks Agent Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00036421% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00026356% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010065% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 535 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 20,636/sec | |
| Context switches: | 4/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 4.25 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.28 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.15 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 4.25 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 66.04 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 76.62 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.45 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 8.38 MB | |
| Page faults: | 11,316/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 475 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 417 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 47 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 544 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dell datasafe local backup\sftservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SftService |
| Display name: | SftService |
| Description: | “SoftThinks Agent Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00209839% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00209839% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,679/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00037663% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00037663% | |
| CPU cycles: | 15,055/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| sftservice.EXE (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00009410% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00004164% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00005246% | |
| CPU cycles: | 4,362/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.63 MB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
65.52% |
|
| Windows 8 |
9.20% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
6.90% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
6.90% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
4.60% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
3.45% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.30% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
1.15% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 77.01% of SoftThinks Agent Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
92.68% |
|
| Alienware |
7.32% |
|
