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No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

6.3.9600.17034 (winblue_gdr.140225-1807) 80.56%
6.3.9600.17034 (winblue_gdr.140225-1807) 19.44%
(Note, Microsoft publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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skydrive.exe

OneDrive Sync Engine Host by Microsoft

Remove skydrive.exe
Version:   6.3.9600.17034 (winblue_gdr.140225-1807)
MD5:   dc61194c93de9e5d549aec5064a06bd4
SHA1:   855efb540c3e0195bb263531bdd24ab1dc2da921
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

Overview

skydrive.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.

DetailsDetails

File name:skydrive.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:OneDrive Sync Engine Host
Description:Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:C:\Windows\System32\skydrive.exe
Original name:SkyDrive.exe.mui
File version:6.3.9600.17034 (winblue_gdr.140225-1807)
Product version:6.3.9600.17034
Size:852 KB (872,448 bytes)
Build date:3/30/2014 4:47 PM
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.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:0.00224388%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00138556%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00085831%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:45,722 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:449,378/sec
17,470,203/sec
Context switches:23/sec
284/sec
Memory
Private memory:52.88 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):32.17 MB
Private (minimum):7.45 MB
Non-paged memory:52.88 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:193.36 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):199.84 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:9.45 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):36.29 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:225,890/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:19.24 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:1.41 KB/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:3.07 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:33/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:21
12
Handles:579
600
GUI GDI count:18
103
GUI GDI peak:19
142
GUI USER count:17
49
GUI USER peak:24
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

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

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:0.00295043%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00282490%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00012553%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:41,335/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:1.66 MB
1.16 MB
skydrive.exe (main module)
Total CPU:0.00162220%
Kernel CPU:0.00103604%
User CPU:0.00058616%
CPU cycles:29,917/sec
Memory:872 KB
msvcrt.dll
Total CPU:0.00134214%
Kernel CPU:0.00072073%
User CPU:0.00062141%
CPU cycles:54,274/sec
Memory:668 KB
combase.dll
Total CPU:0.00032474%
Kernel CPU:0.00025550%
User CPU:0.00006924%
CPU cycles:6,496/sec
Memory:1.84 MB
winbici.dll
Total CPU:0.00008192%
Kernel CPU:0.00007579%
User CPU:0.00000613%
CPU cycles:2,898/sec
Memory:132 KB
wlidprov.dll
Total CPU:0.00004079%
Kernel CPU:0.00003443%
User CPU:0.00000637%
CPU cycles:469/sec
Memory:528 KB

Common loaded modules

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

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 8.1 54.29%
Windows 8.1 Single Language 22.86%
Windows 8.1 Pro 14.29%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 5.71%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation 2.86%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 51.43% of OneDrive Sync Engine Host.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
ASUS 22.22%
Acer 20.00%
Toshiba 17.78%
Hewlett-Packard 13.33%
Lenovo 13.33%
Dell 8.89%
Alienware 2.22%
Samsung 2.22%
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