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The Sysinternals psservice (Service information and configuration utility) File Analysis

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ps.exe

Technical Analysis

File Name ps.exe
File Type
PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Scanner Version 1.0.210.174
Database Version 2025-03-11 14:00:42 UTC
✓

Clean File

No threats detected by our scanner

0%
Detection Rate
268,168
File Size (bytes)
2025-03-11
Analysis Date

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File Identification

Hash Type Value Action
MD5
136f9205a5945681ec470b8461dfee5f
SHA1
1ca7e6ac6128bb1f4e0318a28310525baf7c67c6
SHA256
d3a816fe5d545a80e4639b34b90d92d1039eb71ef59e6e81b3c0e043a45b751c
SHA512
a3eaf3665bc8a227d139fb0fd6032c1510288c3fa41a50ee5a774301f88491fa69297c437b4ddec1a0df18ba5085c9c5e61254bfcbd38fd3b5f7c4d074ede142
ImpHash
aaa7d15d37857e2f934da45595b8b029

PE Analysis

Basic Information

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Image Base 0x00400000
Entry Point 0x00407b53
Compilation Time 2023-03-30 00:47:43
Checksum 0x00049ce1 (Actual: 0x00049ce1)
OS Version 6.0
PEiD Signatures PE32 executable (console) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
PDB Path D:\a\1\s\psservice\Win32\Release\PsService.pdb
Digital Signature OK
Imports 6 libraries
VERSION, NETAPI32, MPR, KERNEL32, COMDLG32, ADVAPI32
Exports 0 functions
Resources 2 Resources
Sections 5 Sections

Version Information

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CompanyName Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
FileDescription Service information and configuration utility
FileVersion 2.26
InternalName PsService
LegalCopyright Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Mark Russinovich
OriginalFilename psservice.exe
ProductName Sysinternals psservice
ProductVersion 2.26
Translation 0x0409 0x04b0

PE Sections

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Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Characteristics MD5
.text 0x00001000 148,591 bytes 148,992 bytes 6.63 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 88F0EC326EFCA0829FE800FF1A27B119
.rdata 0x00026000 93,174 bytes 93,184 bytes 5.20 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 35B3AF529E000B64532792D8B99C4BDF
.data 0x0003d000 8,996 bytes 5,632 bytes 1.75 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE 4045A6566D9C315744555C27C72AA471
.rsrc 0x00040000 1,416 bytes 1,536 bytes 3.87 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 7CBF51BCED4A0D8CF5803DC30470D20D
.reloc 0x00041000 7,656 bytes 7,680 bytes 6.62 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ E0BD9923C2B0AA2623E58EBA626E7FF5
Entropy Analysis Alert

2 section(s) with elevated entropy (≥6.5) - possible compression

Resource Analysis

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Total Resources: 2 (1,249 bytes)
Resource Type Count Total Size Percentage
RT_VERSION 1 868 bytes
69.5%
RT_MANIFEST 1 381 bytes
30.5%

Certificate Chain Analysis

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Certificate Information
Product Sysinternals psservice
Description Service information and configuration utility
File Version 2.26
Original Name psservice.exe
Signing Date 12:48 AM 03/30/2023 (800 days ago)
Verification Status Signed
Signers Microsoft Corporation; Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011; Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2011
Counter Signers Microsoft Time-Stamp Service; Microsoft Time-Stamp PCA 2010; Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2010
Internal Name PsService
Copyright Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Mark Russinovich
Certificate Chain Summary
Microsoft Corporation #1 Primary
Validity Period: 2022-05-12 20:45:59 → 2023-05-11 20:45:59
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 02 CB B7 75 39 FB 02 71 42 36 00 00 00 00 02 CB
Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011 #2 Chain
Validity Period: 2011-07-08 20:59:09 → 2026-07-08 21:09:09
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 61 0E 90 D2 00 00 00 00 00 03
Microsoft Time-Stamp Service #3 Chain
Validity Period: 2022-11-04 19:01:40 → 2024-02-02 19:01:40
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 01 CA 4F C2 B3 ED 03 0D 18 6C 00 01 00 00 01 CA
Microsoft Time-Stamp PCA 2010 #4 Chain
Validity Period: 2021-09-30 18:22:25 → 2030-09-30 18:32:25
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 00 15 C5 E7 6B 9E 02 9B 49 99 00 00 00 00 00 15

✓ This file has been digitally signed and the certificate chain has been verified

  • The signature ensures file integrity and authenticity from the publisher
  • Timestamping proves when the signature was applied
Certificate Verification Status

OK

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