vssvc.exe
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service by Microsoft
| Version: | 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) |
| MD5: | 186bd53f8a408ad20f5a056c05678629 |
| SHA1: | d96890d7ccb38cc249aea786aeb29b22041cf916 |
| SHA256: | 455d72554244b5edfc0892ec509db568fde5c78562355049c06531b82cbb0db4 |
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
What is vssvc.exe?
The Volume Shadow Copy Service provides the backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows, as well as a mechanism for creating consistent point-in-time copies of data known as shadow copies. The Volume Shadow Copy Service can produce consistent shadow copies by coordinating with business applications, file-system services, backup applications, fast-recovery solutions, and storage hardware.
About vssvc.exe (from Microsoft)
“The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a set of COM APIs that implements a framework to allow volume backups to be performed while applications on a system continue to write to the volumes. VSS provi”
Details
| File name: | vssvc.exe |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\vssvc.exe |
| Original name: | VSSVC.EXE.MUI |
| File version: | 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840) |
| Product version: | 6.0.6001.18000 |
| Size: | 1.37 MB (1,432,576 bytes) |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| Entropy: | 6.003843 |
| 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)
- 'VSS' (Kötet árnyékmásolata)
- 'VSS'
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
57.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
25.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
9.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
4.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 51.76% of Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
25.19% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.61% |
|
| ASUS |
12.98% |
|
| Toshiba |
12.21% |
|
| Acer |
10.31% |
|
| Lenovo |
3.82% |
|
| Sony |
3.05% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
3.05% |
|
| Samsung |
2.29% |
|
| MSI |
2.29% |
|
| Gateway |
1.53% |
|
| Alienware |
0.76% |
|
| Medion |
0.76% |
|
| Intel |
0.76% |
|
| Sahara |
0.38% |
|
