Estimated safety rating

lavasoft.wcassistant.winservice.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers many of the "probable danger" criteria detailed in this document. It is not yet known if lavasoft.wcassistant.winservice.exe is malware or not which doesn't cause harm your PC. We advise you to be careful with this program.

Executable file path

The default name and path where the application is stored is
C:\Program Files (x86)\Lavasoft\Web Companion\Application\Lavasoft.WCAssistant.WinService.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this program is 3f0769bbc1426746488c76c9088c25ff.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without displaying any user interface to you. Most Windows services are ok programs, which perform useful functions to other applications or to Windows in general.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs as a 32-bit program. It does not exploit the entire set of features of current computer chips. This is quite normal because the authors did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description extracted from the program is SPWindowsService.

File version

File version 1.0.0.0.

Copyright

Legal copyright notice Copyright © 2014.

Digitally signed

lavasoft.wcassistant.winservice.exe is digitally signed. Today most clean programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is invalid. This is a strong indicator that the app may be a virus and that someone most likely changed some of its code after the signature was applied. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Lavasoft Limited

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall routine, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.