What is systemkservice.exe?

systemkservice.exe is part of Systemk Service and developed by Aztec Media Inc. according to the systemkservice.exe version information.

systemkservice.exe's description is "Systemk Service"

systemkservice.exe is digitally signed by AZTEC MEDIA INC..

systemkservice.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files\settings manager\systemk\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected systemkservice.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on systemkservice.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameSystemk Service
Company nameAztec Media Inc.
File descriptionSystemk Service
Internal nameSystemkService
Original filenameSystemkService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2005 - 2014
Product version5.0.0.11111
File version5.0.0.11111

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSystemk Service
Company nameAztec Media Inc.
File descriptionSystemk Service
Internal nameSystemkService
Original filenameSystemkService.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (c) 2005 - 2014
Product version5.0.0.11111
File version5.0.0.11111

Digital signatures [?]

systemkservice.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameAZTEC MEDIA INC.
Certificate issuer nameThawte Code Signing CA - G2
Certificate serial number546a239ca30d7a98b656dadce4aa28e0

VirusTotal report

1 of the 49 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the systemkservice.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
ESET-NOD32 probably a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D
1 of the 49 anti-virus programs detected the systemkservice.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD542dcd9fd6bf4fc8bddfbfb7630e560b3
SHA256945b7e503bc30dafecad3e84c6c77503b2c06a1a22f5ab03e87a8f63574a32b8

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to systemkservice.exe:

systemkservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

systemkservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Systemk Service has stopped working.

End Program - systemkservice.exe. This program is not responding.

systemkservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

systemkservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 90% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 149 users.

User vote results: There were 134 votes to remove and 15 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

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I just scanned a more recent variant of SystemkService.exe over at VirusTotal:

* AVG Toolbar.SearchSuite 20140520
* ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D 20140519
* Fortinet Riskware/Toolbar_SearchSuite 20140520
* Ikarus PUP.Toolbar 20140520
* Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.SystemK.A 20140520
* McAfee Artemis!94B263FDE2BA 20140520
* McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!94B263FDE2BA 20140519
* TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.F47V0423 20140520
* VIPRE Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT 20140520

# 20 May 2014, 0:33

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