What is wpxsvc.exe?
wpxsvc.exe is part of Execution Service and developed by Fork, Ltd. according to the wpxsvc.exe version information.
wpxsvc.exe's description is "Execution Service"
wpxsvc.exe is usually located in the 'c:\windows\prey\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about wpxsvc.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on wpxsvc.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Execution Service |
| Company name | Fork, Ltd. |
| File description | Execution Service |
| Internal name | ExSVC |
| Original filename | exsvc.exe |
| Legal copyright | (c) 2014 Fork, Ltd. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Execution Service |
| Company name | Fork, Ltd. |
| File description | Execution Service |
| Internal name | ExSVC |
| Original filename | exsvc.exe |
| Legal copyright | (c) 2014 Fork, Ltd. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
wpxsvc.exe is not signed.
VirusTotal report
None of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wpxsvc.exe file.
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | e0f25019195b8417f0f2bda2d337eee4 |
| SHA256 | 65bf9ea9846204c3587cb477e33bc74fe0ace3b5a900fb88f0104b45cdbb464a |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to wpxsvc.exe:
wpxsvc.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
wpxsvc.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.
Execution Service has stopped working.
End Program - wpxsvc.exe. This program is not responding.
wpxsvc.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
wpxsvc.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with wpxsvc.exe?
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wpxsvc.exe. 45% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 31 users.
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Malware or legitimate?
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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.
I think wpxsvc.exe is no virus because it is installed into directory of an anti-theft program called Prey
# 15 Jun 2015, 23:14
_Tom_ writes
I'm one of the developers behind Prey. WPXSVC stands for Windows Prey eXecution SerViCe. It's a small daemon in charge of monitoring our anti-theft agent, which is based on the Node.js runtime.
# 16 Dec 2015, 10:51
Paul writes
I don't know. I've had Prey installed on my laptop for a few years under Win8 and never noticed any problems with it. I recently (4 weeks ago) upgraded to Win 10 and didn't notice any problems there either. However, After being unused for a few days and not having any problems the last time I used it, just today my computer has seen 99% disk usage for the past few hours, completely attributed to this "Execution Service (32bit)/Cron Service".
I went to de-install "Prey" as that's the only thing I can associate this with but Prey is no longer there (!!! - maybe it was left behind during the Win 10 upgrade?). Yet, what appears to be this left over element of Prey is still running and chewing up my disk at a rate of about 11.4Mb/S
I "End Task" it but it just restarts itself.
My computer scans clean with Defender.
Not sure what's going on..
If I could de-install it I would, if only for test purposes...
# 2 Sep 2016, 16:06
Rita writes
I am getting a critical event error for wpxsvc.exe, it says stopped working. This shows in Control Panel > Action Center > under Maintenance > View Reliability History, then the Reliability Monitor opens. (I am running Win7Pro)
Starting 9/1/2016, I have Critical Event that says Execution Service Stopped Working. Double-click on the line to get the details window, and the Description says: Faulting Application Path: c:\Windows\Prey\wpxsvc.exe
So I went to C:\Windows\Prey\versions, and there is a folder called 1.6.2 with a date of 9/1/2016, so it looks like it installed a new version, 1.6.2, on 9/1/2016.
On 9/2/2016, I got an email from Prey that said my device hasn't made any contact to the Prey servers in 1 day.
So it looks like this new version 1.6.2 broke something????
When I searched online for "wpxsvc.exe" this is the first site that appeared :)
# 4 Sep 2016, 15:48
Rishi writes