Estimated safety rating

sparkservice.exe may be a dangerous application, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "possible danger" flags detailed in this document. It is not yet known if sparkservice.exe is a virus or a legit program which doesn't harm your computer. Please be careful with this program.

Executable file path

Normally, this application is stored in C:\Program Files (x86)\baidu\Spark33.8.9999.10081\sparkservice.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is fc1edec033ff68275d8e8b84987391c2.

Is running as a service

This application is set up as a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful features to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accesses the internet

This application uses the Internet to communicate. In this day and age this is expected from a program. For example, most of the apps on your computer check for updates. In order to do this, Internet communications are necessary.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs in 32-bit mode. It can not benefit of the entire power of current computer CPUs. 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 spark.

File version

File version 33.8.9999.10081.

Manufacturer

Producer Baidu Inc..

Copyright

Copyright notice Copyright (C) 2013 Baidu Inc. All Rights Reserved..

Potentially dangerous functions

Some dangerous features of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for intercepting the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

sparkservice.exe has a digital signature. Nowadays most virus-free programs are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken, which means it is most likely that the app may be a virus and that someone most likely tampered with it after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing)Co., Ltd

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA

Can be uninstalled

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