YahooAUService.exe
Yahoo! AutoUpdater by Yahoo! Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.0.53 |
| MD5: | dd0042f0c3b606a6a8b92d49afb18ad6 |
| SHA1: | 74fbb38fa923a2db686a7492c2c8feb9a23a7be4 |
| SHA256: | 8d3be4c93d02af5f42ec46af598d6da40c61d467cb2fee5e222f9c1e7a84b852 |
What is YahooAUService.exe?
Yahoo! AutoUpdater is a Windows service which runs in the background of Windows and automatically starts up when your PC boots. It checks for software udpates and automatically downloads and installs them if found.
Overview
YahooAUService.exe runs as a service under the name YahooAUService (SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\YahooAUService) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Yahoo! Software Update published by Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Install Manager from Yahoo! Inc. and Yahoo! Install Manager by Yahoo! Inc.. The file is digitally signed by Yahoo! Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | YahooAUService.exe |
| Publisher: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Product name: | Yahoo! AutoUpdater |
| Description: | AutoUpater Service Module |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\yahoo!\softwareupdate\yahooauservice.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.0.53 |
| Size: | 588.27 KB (602,392 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Yahoo! Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
| Expiration date: | Thursday, September 3, 2009 |
| Digital DNA |
| Entropy: | 6.514367 |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
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Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- YahooAUService
- 'YahooAUService' (Yahoo! Updater)
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00530030% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00355359% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00174671% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 24,329 ms/min | |
| User CPU time: | 0 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 47,701/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 3.99 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 6.52 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 3.83 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 3.99 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 60.02 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 66.34 MB | |
| Working set: | 5.17 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.68 MB | |
| Page faults: | 10,728/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 5.73 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 4/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 34 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 1/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 240 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 13/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 6 | |
| Handles: | 240 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
| GUI USER count: | 5 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 32-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\yahoo!\softwareupdate\yahooauservice.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\YahooAUService |
| Display name: | YahooAUService |
| Description: | “Keeps your favorite Yahoo! software up-to-date with the latest features, tools, and enhancements.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Threads
Averages
| wow64.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00435201% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00182016% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00253185% | |
| CPU cycles: | 114,454/sec | |
| Memory: | 252 KB | |
| sechost.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00328255% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00207416% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00120840% | |
| CPU cycles: | 66,627/sec | |
| Memory: | 100 KB | |
| ntdll.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00324999% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00106598% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00218401% | |
| Memory: | 704 KB | |
| YahooAUService.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 0.00273804% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00249482% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00024322% | |
| CPU cycles: | 45,964/sec | |
| Memory: | 612 KB | |
| ADVAPI32.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00239720% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00082197% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00157523% | |
| Memory: | 620 KB | |
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00015107% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00015107% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,764/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.50% |
|
| Microsoft Windows XP |
18.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
14.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Premium |
8.50% |
|
| Windows 8 |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
6.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro |
4.50% |
|
| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Starter |
1.00% |
|
| Windows Vista Ultimate |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
0.50% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 63.82% of Yahoo! AutoUpdater.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
21.32% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
20.96% |
|
| Toshiba |
14.71% |
|
| ASUS |
13.97% |
|
| Acer |
10.66% |
|
| Intel |
5.15% |
|
| Lenovo |
3.68% |
|
| Sony |
3.68% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
1.47% |
|
| American Megatrends |
1.47% |
|
| Samsung |
1.10% |
|
| MSI |
0.74% |
|
| Gateway |
0.74% |
|
| Sahara |
0.37% |
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