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adservice.exe

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  • Properties:
  • System Process: No
  • Background Process: Yes
  • Application Process:No
  • Common Path:
    C:/ Program Files/ Iomega/ AutoDisk
  • Uses Network:No
  • Uses Internet:No
Description:

The file adservice.exe is an executable process file. The process file adservice.exe is a part of the Active Disk application. The process file adservice.exe has no visible window and is not a Windows system file. The application which the process adservice.exe is a component of is the Iomega Active Disk application.

The process adservice.exe helps in the process of automatically running the file stored in the Iomega Active Disk Drive. The Iomega Active Disk Service application, which houses the adservice.exe process, is a software application which allows the user to run all the applications from portable media devices directly into the machine without having to install them on the machine.

The process adservice.exe is also related to ad2kclient.exe, adusermon.exe, appservices.exe which is included in the Iomega Active Disk Service application. The program file adservice.exe gathers other executable files related with the Iomega Active Disk Service in generating the application itself. The process adservice.exe is required if the user wishes to run the application upon the insertion of the zip drive. Some malware uses the process adservice.exe to confuse the user particularly if the file is located in C:/ Windows or C:/ Windows/ System32 folder.

The Iomega Active Disk which houses the process adservice.exe is a zip drive introduced by Iomega in late 1994. The Zip drive is a medium capacity removable disk storage system which originally has a capacity of 100 MB, which later on increased to 250 MB then to 750 MB. The zip drive system is loosely based from Iomegas Bernoulli Box system. The Bernoulli Box was the first popular product by Iomega.

The Iomega Corporation was founded in the year 1980, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Iomega Corporation has 240 employees worldwide therefore reflecting the managements stability. The Iomega Corporation is considered as a global leader in providing reliable portable data storage and data management solution. Iomega Corporation provides products for backup data solutions like zip drives, CDRW/DVD drives, external hard drives and network storage devices, computer data storage, multimedia, email security, managed security. Iomega Corporation products includes REVolutionary REV Drives; Zip 750MB, 250MB and 100MB Drives, high-performance Iomega HDD Desktop Hard Drives; Iomega Network Hard Drives; Iomega Mini and Micro Mini USB Drives; Iomega External CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drives; Iomega All-Format DVD Burners; and Iomega Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega products are mainly used in homes, businesses, government and educational facilities globally.

Additional adservice.exe Info:

Part of: Iomega Zip Drive drivers, Author URL: www.iomega.com, File Created by: Iomega Corporation

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