Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, Sling Media publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
SlingAgentService.exe
Slingbox by Sling Media (Signed)
| Version: | 0.9.0.186 alpha |
| MD5: | 0973bd0931bf4d0dfb1885bd464e9766 |
| SHA1: | e280ba6fc58c7bf0d94859ac651aa0addde14606 |
| SHA256: | 592d1c383a3bd970f37a2fe28de3defee05acaaf39dd685e1fdda1f1dedc49d9 |
What is SlingAgentService.exe?
Sling Agent Service is part of Slingbox, a TV streaming media device that encodes video into the VC-1 format for transmission over the Internet and provides an infrared blaster. The Slingbox uses Sling Media's proprietary SlingPlayer to display audio and video. It includes a live video buffer to pause, rewind, and re-play up to 60 minutes of live video, and an integrated channel/program guide.
About SlingAgentService.exe (from Sling Media)
“With a Slingbox at home and SlingPlayer on your compatible smartphone or tablet, enjoy live or recorded TV over 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi. If you like TV, it's hard not to smile when you take control of your TV”
Details
| File name: | slingagentservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Sling Media Inc. |
| Product name: | Slingbox |
| Description: | Sling Agent Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\sling media\slingagent\slingagentservice.exe |
| File version: | 0.9.0.186 alpha |
| Product version: | 0.9.0.186 |
| Size: | 91.76 KB (93,960 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Sling Media |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, August 5, 2008 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Service
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00000206% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000206% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 468,003 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 50/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.34 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 7.06 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.06 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.34 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 70.98 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 72.23 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.06 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 7.09 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 4 | |
| Handles: | 100 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\sling media\slingagent\slingagentservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SlingAgentService |
| Description: | “Enables Clip and Sling functionality Version 0.9.0.186” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
50.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Canada installs about 50.00% of Slingbox.
