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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 unlimited number of PC configurations simultaneously. It is a fully automated system for imaging, identifying, deploying, or redeploying a system. Users can reinstall systems and automaticcally detect system hardware and install relevant drivers. No data are too big, too small, too old or too complex to recover: programs, drivers, Windows OS or your entire system can be recovered whatever the system status may be thanks to the Easy-to-Use Recovery Environment. A central database gathers images and components, automates image redeployment from the server, runs diagnostics, and can either preserve existing content or erase all data for refurbishing purposes while reimaging the PC.”
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% |
|
