What is service.exe?

Service.exe file information

The process known as GeoComply GeoLocation Service or JME Keyboard Driver or CyberGhost VPN Service or CAM Service or TmtkControl or taskxmr or Shadow Defender Service Application or ManyCam Service

appears to belong to software Player Location Check or NZXT CAM or CyberGhost (version 5) or Service Application or Kinoni Streamer or League Screensaver or TODO: Product name or TurboYourPC or ManyCam Virtual Webcam or Z: Users dgr Documents outpu or CyberGhost VPN (version 5)

by GeoComply or NZXT or CyberGhost S.R.L or Search Safer or SHADOWDEFENDER.COM (www.shadowdefender.com) or TODO: Company name or Turbo Tools ltd or Visicom Media (www.visicommedia.com) or InfoSpace Sales.

Description: Service.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. The service.exe file is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows (primarily C:\Windows\jmesoft\ or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NTServer\). Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 32,768 bytes (99% of all occurrences), 91,232 bytes, 5,499,768 bytes or 2,119,680 bytes.  
The process is a service (JME Keyboard) running invisible in the background.
There is no information about the author of the file. The service.exe file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. The file is an unknown file in the Windows folder. Service.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 70% dangerous, but you should also take into account the user reviews.

Recommended: Identify service.exe related errors

• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files", the security rating is 54% dangerous. The file size is 3,141,608 bytes (12% of all occurrences), 63,968 bytes and 98 more variants. The file is not a Windows system file. The program is not visible. Service.exe is digitally signed. There is no description of the program. Service.exe is able to monitor applications.
  Uninstalling this variant: The software publisher Cyberghostvpn provides update information (www.cyberghostvpn.com). You could remove the entire program CyberGhost 5 or NZXT CAM using Windows Control Panel.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\, the security rating is 86% dangerous. The file size is 1,620,992 bytes (81% of all occurrences), 13,179,660 bytes and 5 more variants. The file is not a Windows core file. The program has no visible window. Service.exe is a file with no information about its developer. Service.exe is able to monitor applications.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's profile folder, the security rating is 73% dangerous. The file size is 66,048 bytes (16% of all occurrences), 13,179,660 bytes and 27 more variants.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files\Common Files", the security rating is 53% dangerous. The file size is 155,136 bytes (43% of all occurrences), 154,112 bytes and 5 more variants.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of C:\Windows\System32, the security rating is 50% dangerous. The file size is 91,232 bytes (25% of all occurrences), 91,064 bytes, 91,664 bytes or 785,920 bytes.
• If service.exe is located in the C:\Windows folder, the security rating is 87% dangerous. The file size is 3,907,072 bytes (33% of all occurrences), 179,200 bytes or 62,464 bytes.
• If service.exe is located in the Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 52% dangerous. The file size is 390,656 bytes (50% of all occurrences) or 594,902 bytes.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of Windows folder for temporary files, the security rating is 69% dangerous. The file size is 626,648 bytes (50% of all occurrences) or 1,878,027 bytes.
• If service.exe is located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder, the security rating is 42% dangerous. The file size is 13,179,660 bytes.
• If service.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's "Documents" folder, the security rating is 100% dangerous. The file size is 81,920 bytes.

External information from Paul Collins:
There are different files with the same name:

• "Config" definitely not required. Added by the ISRAZ.B WORM!
• "Configuration Loader" definitely not required. Added by the GAOBOT.AO WORM!
• "Myapp" definitely not required. Homepage hijacker
• "Service" can run at start up. Added by the ALADINZ.H TROJAN!
• "Service.exe" definitely not required. "servedby.advertising" popup generator
• "SYS_CLEAN" definitely not required. Added by the FLOPCOPY WORM!
• "Win32 USB2.0 Driver" definitely not required.
• "Windows Services" definitely not required. Added by the RANDEX.R WORM!
• "Windows_Serivce" definitely not required. Added by the WOOTBOT.AH WORM!

Important: Some malware also uses the file name service.exe, for example Trojan.ADH or Trojan.Pandex (detected by Symantec), and Trojan.Generic.KDV.538649 (detected by F-Secure). Therefore, you should check the service.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.