Should I block it?

40%

40% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child process

tuneuputilitiesapp32.exe (TuneUp Utilities 2013 by AVG Netherlands B.V.)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

InitializeSecurityDescriptor, ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptorW, ConvertSidToStringSidW, ConvertStringSidToSidW, OpenThreadToken, ChangeServiceConfigW, QueryServiceConfigW, RevertToSelf, RegOpenCurrentUser, ImpersonateLoggedOnUser, RegEnumKeyW, RegNotifyChangeKeyValue, CryptAcquireContextW, CryptCreateHash, CryptHashData, CryptGetHashParam, CryptDestroyHash, CryptReleaseContext, DuplicateToken, CheckTokenMembership, ChangeServiceConfig2W, RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerExW, StartServiceCtrlDispatcherW, RegQueryValueExW, SetServiceStatus, DeregisterEventSource, ReportEventW, RegisterEventSourceW, QueryServiceStatusEx, SetSecurityDescriptorDacl, RegDeleteValueW, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegEnumKeyExW, RegQueryInfoKeyW, RegDeleteKeyW, OpenSCManagerW, DeleteService, ControlService, StartServiceW, OpenServiceW, CloseServiceHandle, CreateServiceW, LookupAccountNameW, RegCloseKey, RegEnumValueW, RegOpenKeyExW, EqualSid, IsValidSid, FreeSid, AllocateAndInitializeSid, CreateProcessAsUserW, DuplicateTokenEx, GetTokenInformation, EnumServicesStatusExW, RegOpenKeyW, EnumDependentServicesW

kernel32.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoTaskMemFree, CoCreateInstance, StringFromGUID2, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoTaskMemAlloc, CoInitializeSecurity, CLSIDFromString, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, CoResumeClassObjects, CoRevokeClassObject, CoSuspendClassObjects, CoCreateFreeThreadedMarshaler, StringFromCLSID, CoRevertToSelf, CoImpersonateClient, CoInitialize, CoRegisterClassObject

psapi.dll

EnumProcesses, GetProcessImageFileNameW, GetModuleFileNameExW, GetModuleBaseNameW

shell32.dll

SHGetFolderLocation, SHGetPathFromIDListW, SHGetFolderPathW, SHGetSpecialFolderLocation, SHGetMalloc

shlwapi.dll

PathStripPathW, PathFindExtensionW, PathRemoveExtensionW, PathGetArgsW, PathRemoveArgsW, PathIsRelativeW, PathFindOnPathW, PathSearchAndQualifyW, PathCanonicalizeW, PathIsRootW, PathAppendW, PathRemoveFileSpecW, PathFindFileNameW, StrStrIW, StrCmpNIW, PathIsDirectoryW, PathParseIconLocationW, PathRemoveBlanksW, PathFileExistsW, PathAddBackslashW

user32.dll

CharNextW, PostThreadMessageW, DispatchMessageW, TranslateMessage, GetMessageW, CharUpperW, LoadStringW, wsprintfW

userenv.dll

DestroyEnvironmentBlock, CreateEnvironmentBlock

version.dll

GetFileVersionInfoSizeW, VerQueryValueW, GetFileVersionInfoW

wtsapi32.dll

WTSQueryUserToken, WTSFreeMemory, WTSQuerySessionInformationW, WTSEnumerateSessionsW, WTSCloseServer, WTSOpenServerW

tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe

TuneUp Utilities 2013 by AVG Netherlands B.V. (Signed)

Remove tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe

Version:	13.0.4000.124
MD5:	f1636e426d1665459590df577a89afa3
SHA1:	3fa7cb38d8604a7a77625889541a89975464d301

Overview

tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe runs as a service under the name TuneUp Utilities Service (TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by AVG Netherlands B.V. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe
Publisher:	TuneUp Software
Product name:	TuneUp Utilities 2013
Description:	TuneUp Utilities Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\tuneup utilities 2013\tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe
File version:	13.0.4000.124
Size:	1.65 MB (1,729,336 bytes)
Build date:	10/11/2013 6:23 PM
Certificate
Issued to:	AVG Netherlands B.V.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Saturday, July 21, 2012
Expiration date:	Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Service

Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)

'TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc' (TuneUp Utilities Service)

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.01867633%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00548097%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.01319536%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	2,741 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	915,611/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	108/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	16.37 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	26.34 MB
Private (minimum):	18.95 MB
Non-paged memory:	16.37 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	102.51 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	144.33 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	25.32 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	26.7 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	26,181/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	39.51 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	196/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	4.29 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	9/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	5.98 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	321/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	15	12
Handles:	311	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\tuneup utilities 2013\tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc
Display name:	TuneUp Utilities Service
Description:	“This service analyzes the usage of your computer in the background, enabling automatic usage-dependent optimizations. All of its functions can be set in TuneUp Utilities. If you stop or disable this service, parts of TuneUp Utilities will not work anymore.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00062908%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00013676%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00049232%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	14,103/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.39 MB	1.16 MB
TuneUpUtilitiesService32.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00051975%
Kernel CPU:	0.00031458%
User CPU:	0.00020516%
CPU cycles:	24,644/sec
Memory:	1.7 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 Professional	60.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro	40.00%

Distribution by country

India installs about 100.00% of TuneUp Utilities 2013.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Intel	60.00%
Dell	40.00%

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