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vfsFPService.exe
vfsEMPIRE by Validity Sensors (Signed)
| Version: | 2.8.1.16 |
| MD5: | edfb7f3dec6e0c1f820be678e1fcaf02 |
| SHA1: | 7ed26d6885898255414dcd431e122fc9c1fcbd82 |
| SHA256: | 6d56f65c223c260b934e56bb7731160db02864a793bac915d213b1cdef0ae5eb |
Overview
vfsfpservice.exe runs as a service under the name vfsFPService (vfsFPService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). The file is digitally signed by Validity Sensors which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | vfsfpservice.exe |
| Publisher: | Validity Sensors, Inc. |
| Product name: | vfsEMPIRE |
| Description: | Validity Sensors Fingerprint Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\vfsfpservice.exe |
| File version: | 2.8.1.16 |
| Product version: | Release 2.8.0116 2009.0326.0211.43 |
| Size: | 585.3 KB (599,344 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Validity Sensors |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- vfsFPService
- 'vfsFPService' (Validity Fingerprint Service)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00049317% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00037190% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012127% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 47 ms/min | |
| Context switches: | 12/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 1.51 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 4.34 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 4.24 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 1.51 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 48.92 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 53.01 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.33 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 4.76 MB | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 244 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | C:\Windows\System32\vfsfpservice.exe |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | vfsFPService |
| Display name: | vfsFPService |
| Description: | “Validity Fingerprint Service” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00041989% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00041989% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 131/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.4 MB | |
| vfsFPService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00037645% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00025096% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012548% | |
| CPU cycles: | 110,726/sec | |
| Context switches: | 6/sec | |
| Memory: | 948 KB | |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
33.33% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
22.22% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.11% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
11.11% |
|
Distribution by country
Lebanon installs about 22.22% of vfsEMPIRE.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
100.00% |
|
