Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	4.35%
6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623)	0.10%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.24%
6.3.9431.0 (winmain_bluemp.130615-1214)	0.05%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	2.49%
6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)	13.87%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.10%
6.2.8400.0 (winmain_win8rc.120518-1423)	0.10%
6.2.8250.0 (winmain_win8beta.120217-1520)	0.05%
6.2.8102.0 (winmain_win8m3.110823-1455)	0.10%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	25.05%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	44.53%
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)	0.05%
6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)	7.08%
6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)	1.46%
6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)	0.39%

Relationships

Parent process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Related files

ui0detect.exe

Interactive services detection by Microsoft

Remove ui0detect.exe

Version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
MD5:	3cbdec8d06b9968aba702eba076364a1
SHA1:	6e0fcaccadbdb5e3293aa3523ec1006d92191c58
SHA256:	b8dab8aa804fc23021bfebd7ae4d40fbe648d6c6ba21cc008e26d1c084972f9b

This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.

What is ui0detect.exe?

Services and system processes run in session 0. Interactive Services Detection (the blinking button on the taskbar) is a mitigation for legacy applications that detects if a service is trying to interact with the desktop. This is handled by the Interactive Services Detection (UI0Detect) service.

About ui0detect.exe (from Microsoft)

“On a 32-bit version of Windows, the OS will detect desktop interaction and start the UI0Detect service and you will see the flashing taskbar button. On a 64-bit version of Windows, if the service is a”

Details

File name:	ui0detect.exe
Publisher:	Microsoft Corporation
Product name:	Interactive services detection
Description:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Typical file path:	C:\Windows\System32\ui0detect.exe
Original name:	UI0Detect.exe.mui
File version:	6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Product version:	6.1.7600.16385
Size:	40 KB (40,960 bytes)
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
Entropy:	5.944083
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

Services

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

'UI0Detect'

Resource utilization

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

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00378027%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00256802%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00121225%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	713,810 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	323,191/sec	17,470,203/sec
Context switches:	5/sec	284/sec
Memory
Private memory:	2.78 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	7.3 MB
Private (minimum):	5.5 MB
Non-paged memory:	2.78 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	100.23 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	104.87 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	5.78 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	7.37 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	2,004,619/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	188 Bytes/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	1/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	2.04 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	4/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	18 Bytes/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	3/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	5	12
Handles:	106	600

Process properties

Integrety level:	System
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	C:\Windows\System32\ui0detect.exe
Owner:	SYSTEM
Windows Service
Service name:	UI0Detect
Display name:	Detección de servicios interactivos
Description:	“Habilita la notificación al usuario sobre la entrada de usuario para los servicios interactivos; esto habilita el acceso a los cuadros de diálogo creados por los servicios interactivos cuando aparecen. Si se detiene este servicio, dejarán de funcionar las notificaciones de cuadros de diálogo de nuevos servicios interactivos y es posible que no se pueda obtener acceso a los cuadros de diálogo de se”
Type:	Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess
Parent process:	services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Threads

Averages

sechost.dll (Host for SCM/SDDL/LSA Lookup APIs by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.01068419%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.00370912%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.00697507%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	218,068/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	124 KB	1.16 MB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00082211%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000000%
User CPU:	0.00082211%
CPU cycles:	386/sec
Memory:	1.66 MB
msvcrt.dll (Windows NT CRT DLL by Microsoft)
Total CPU:	0.00082198%
Kernel CPU:	0.00082198%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	309/sec
Memory:	636 KB
UI0Detect.exe (main module)
Total CPU:	0.00014659%
Kernel CPU:	0.00013776%
User CPU:	0.00000883%
CPU cycles:	2,700/sec
Memory:	56 KB

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	34.00%
Windows 8.1	17.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate	15.00%
Windows 8.1 Pro	7.50%
Windows 7 Professional	6.00%
Windows 8	4.00%
Windows 8.1 Single Language	3.50%
Windows 8 Pro	3.00%
Windows 8 Single Language	2.50%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center	2.00%
Windows 7 Home Basic	1.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise N	1.00%
Windows 8.1 N	0.50%
Windows Seven Black Edition	0.50%
Windows 8.1 Enterprise Evaluation	0.50%
Windows Vista Home Premium	0.50%
Windows 8 Enterprise	0.50%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 45.73% of Interactive services detection.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
Hewlett-Packard	18.90%
Dell	18.90%
ASUS	18.11%
Acer	12.60%
Toshiba	10.24%
Lenovo	8.66%
Sony	4.72%
Intel	2.36%
GIGABYTE	1.97%
Samsung	1.57%
Alienware	1.18%
Medion	0.79%

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