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SftService.exe
SoftThinks Agent Service by Dell Inc (Signed)
Version: | 3.0.0.6 |
MD5: | 820368bff0e36ff72a7de2c20833ffee |
SHA1: | 6a974c95982592b58db3d76d5e59a4c320558c8a |
SHA256: | b574bc04cbff31efaa6d8aea735ab6039a1debe1f6e5a0007fbfdd9d4ad527f2 |
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 Backup and Recovery published by Dell Inc., Dell Backup and Recovery - Support Software from Dell Inc. and Dell Backup and Recovery - Support Software 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: | 3.0.0.6 |
Size: | 1.83 MB (1,914,728 bytes) |
Build date: | 9/12/2012 7:18 AM |
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
“AlienRespawn is a safe, simple and reliable backup and recovery solution that can protect your system (OS, applications, drivers, settings) and data (music, photos, videos, documents and other important files) from data loss. ”
“AlienRespawn is a safe, simple and reliable backup and recovery solution that can protect your system (OS, applications, drivers, settings) and data (music, photos, videos, documents and other important files) from data loss. ”
“A manual Operating System Re-Install (OSRI) takes a lot of time to complete the procedure, from Windows reinstallation, Drivers and restoring pre-installed software. For Dell Systems, One of the best options we have is to launch a restore utility called the Dell Factory Image from the restore section of DBRM. Just like with a Manual Operating System Reinstallation, you first need to ensure that no data needs to backed up from the system...”
“A manual Operating System Re-Install (OSRI) takes a lot of time to complete the procedure, from Windows reinstallation, Drivers and restoring pre-installed software. For Dell Systems, One of the best options we have is to launch a restore utility called the Dell Factory Image from the restore section of DBRM. Just like with a Manual Operating System Reinstallation, you first need to ensure that no data needs to backed up from the system...”
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: | 0.00014001% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00006361% | |
User CPU: | 0.00007640% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 7,242 ms/min | |
CPU cycles: | 100,489/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 3.05 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 4.83 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 4.6 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 3.05 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 74.75 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 87.99 MB | |
Working set: | 4.62 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 9.59 MB | |
Page faults: | 19,711/min | |
I/O |
I/O read transfer: | 20 Bytes/sec | |
I/O read operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O write transfer: | 106 Bytes/sec | |
I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
I/O other transfer: | 1.98 KB/sec | |
I/O other operations: | 22/sec | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 3 | |
Handles: | 1150 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 64-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\dell backup and recovery\sftservice.exe" |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Windows Service |
Service name: | SftService |
Display name: | SftService |
Description: | “SoftThinks Agent Service” |
Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
Parent process: | services.exe (by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
SftService.exe (main module) |
Total CPU: | 0.00005914% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00003215% | |
User CPU: | 0.00002699% | |
CPU cycles: | 2,439/sec | |
Memory: | 1.84 MB | |
wow64cpu.dll |
Total CPU: | 0.00002629% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
User CPU: | 0.00002629% | |
CPU cycles: | 159/sec | |
Memory: | 32 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 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% |
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