WifiSvc.exe
By NETGEAR (Signed)
| Version: | 2, 1, 0, 24 |
| MD5: | e7c84a8a763c460fe182f4dcbc17b9dc |
| SHA1: | 088f490ce188296f81cdb33452d7e1b0a34a98e9 |
| SHA256: | 5ddbbc88e34056ed8bd6e6c6b05b02593ab780c4fcc53d8a4ab919c226f23376 |
Overview
wifisvc.exe runs as a service under the name WSWNA1100 (WSWNDA3100v2) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including NETGEAR WNA3100 wireless USB 2.0 adapter published by NETGEAR Inc., NETGEAR WNA3100M N300 Wireless USB Adapter from NETGEAR Inc. and NETGEAR WNA3100M N300 Wireless USB Adapter by NETGEAR Inc.. The file is digitally signed by NETGEAR which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | wifisvc.exe |
| Description: | Wifi Service |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\netgear\wna3100\wifisvc.exe |
| File version: | 2, 1, 0, 24 |
| Product version: | 2, 1, 0, 0 |
| Size: | 296.25 KB (303,360 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | NETGEAR |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Wednesday, September 28, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
NETGEAR WNA3100 wireless USB 2.0 adapter is the software package that includes the required drivers, configuration and management utilities to support this wireless adapter.
NETGEAR WNA3100M N300 Wireless USB Adapter is the software package that includes the required drivers, configuration and management utilities to support this wireless adapter.
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'WSWNDA3100v2'
- 'WSWNA1100'
- 'WSWNA3100'
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00221089% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00105344% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00115745% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 595,584 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 10,406,319/sec | |
| Context switches: | 153/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.82 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 5.76 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.49 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.82 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 70.89 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 73.08 MB | |
| Working set: | 4.14 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 6.7 MB | |
| Page faults: | 561,004/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 479 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 48/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 380 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 48/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 6.33 MB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 7,798/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 11 | |
| Handles: | 3220 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 6 | |
| GUI USER count: | 2 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\netgear\wna3100\wifisvc.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | WSWNDA3100v2 |
| Display name: | WSWNA1100 |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess, InteractiveProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| WifiSvc.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.15372838% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.08818241% | |
| User CPU: | 0.06554597% | |
| CPU cycles: | 2,360,525/sec | |
| Context switches: | 38/sec | |
| Memory: | 304 KB | |
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00095263% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00059540% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00035724% | |
| CPU cycles: | 55,720/sec | |
| Context switches: | 1/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00060412% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00034521% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00025891% | |
| CPU cycles: | 25,729/sec | |
| Memory: | 792 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00046001% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00016509% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00029492% | |
| CPU cycles: | 12,501/sec | |
| Memory: | 1.66 MB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00006985% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00006985% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,942/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
40.91% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
29.55% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
13.64% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.82% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
4.55% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
4.55% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 72.73% of wifisvc.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Hewlett-Packard |
46.67% |
|
| Dell |
40.00% |
|
| Sahara |
6.67% |
|
| Alienware |
6.67% |
|
