Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

14.0.1001.229	50.00%
14.0.1001.174	50.00%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child process

tuneuputilitiesapp32.exe (AVG PC TuneUp 2014 by AVG Netherlands B.V.)

Related files

tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe

AVG PC TuneUp 2014 by AVG Netherlands B.V. (Signed)

Remove tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe

Version:	14.0.1001.174
MD5:	8312769658d07644b42318a0f181fabb
SHA1:	712fbe9bed874ab307c49e5249bd9d2580f6488a

Overview

tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe runs as a service under the name AVG PC TuneUp 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:	AVG
Product name:	AVG PC TuneUp 2014
Description:	AVG PC TuneUp Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\avg\avg pc tuneup\tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe
File version:	14.0.1001.174
Size:	1.66 MB (1,740,088 bytes)
Build date:	9/23/2013 2:07 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	AVG Netherlands B.V.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Friday, July 20, 2012
Expiration date:	Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Service

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

'TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc' (AVG PC TuneUp Service)

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00110293%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00057542%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00052752%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	61,000 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	5,179,328/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	7.71 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	17.78 MB
Private (minimum):	3.39 MB
Non-paged memory:	7.71 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	88.58 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	163.26 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	6.1 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	18.65 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	37,014/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	13.16 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	40/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	1.76 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	4/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	1.44 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	257/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	17	12
Handles:	296	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	32-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\avg\avg pc tuneup\tuneuputilitiesservice32.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc
Display name:	AVG PC TuneUp 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 AVG PC TuneUp. If you stop or disable this service, parts of AVG PC TuneUp will not work anymore.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

TuneUpUtilitiesService32.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.01584809%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.01149381%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00435428%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	748,815/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.71 MB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00916491%
Kernel CPU:	0.00459684%
User CPU:	0.00456807%
CPU cycles:	22,484/sec
Memory:	1.24 MB
sechost.dll
Total CPU:	0.00007672%
Kernel CPU:	0.00003836%
User CPU:	0.00003836%
CPU cycles:	2,889/sec
Memory:	100 KB
ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00001919%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001919%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	536/sec
Memory:	1.36 MB
avgreplibx.dll
Total CPU:	0.00001918%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00001918%
CPU cycles:	27/sec
Memory:	516 KB