Should I block it?

40%

40% of PCs block this file from running.

Possible reason:

Performance resource utilization

Additional versions

13.0.4000.251	12.50%
13.0.4000.181	12.50%
13.0.4000.124	62.50%
13.0.4000.122	12.50%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Child process

tuneuputilitiesapp64.exe (TuneUp Utilities 2013 by AVG Netherlands B.V.)

Related files

tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe

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

Remove tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe

Version:	13.0.4000.181
MD5:	d80b36947863a3137b7efcdba078bbf3
SHA1:	6ba0be6a564cfc9e4b6302342348e4d93f32170e

Overview

tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe runs as a service under the name TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc (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:	tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe
Publisher:	TuneUp Software
Product name:	TuneUp Utilities 2013
Description:	TuneUp Utilities Service
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\tuneup utilities 2013\tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe
File version:	13.0.4000.181
Size:	2.3 MB (2,409,272 bytes)
Build date:	12/10/2013 10:08 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	AVG Netherlands B.V.
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Digital DNA
File packed:	No
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Services

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

TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc
'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:	0.00225499%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00129882%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00095617%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	1,888 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	25,484,505/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	39/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	24.49 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	36.55 MB
Private (minimum):	28.92 MB
Non-paged memory:	24.49 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	125.98 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	150.32 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	35.38 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	37.64 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	27,425/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	72.15 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	252/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	13.88 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	24/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	13.12 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	785/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	15	12
Handles:	279	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\tuneup utilities 2013\tuneuputilitiesservice64.exe"
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc
Display name:	TuneUp.UtilitiesSvc
Description:	“Dieser Dienst analysiert im Hintergrund die Nutzung Ihres Computers und ermöglicht die automatische Durchführung von situationsabhängigen Optimierungen. Alle Funktionen können in TuneUp Utilities eingestellt werden. Wenn Sie diesen Dienst stoppen oder deaktivieren, funktionieren Teile von TuneUp Utilities nicht mehr.”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00419606%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00182438%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00237169%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	129,443/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB	1.16 MB
TuneUpUtilitiesService64.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00171048%
Kernel CPU:	0.00084384%
User CPU:	0.00086664%
CPU cycles:	2,064,572/sec
Memory:	2.35 MB
sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00009122%
Kernel CPU:	0.00009122%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	2,246/sec
Memory:	124 KB