Samsung Kies

What is Samsung Kies?

Samsung Kies is software application developed by Samsung Electronics CO., LTD.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 59.55% of installations running this operating system. Samsung Kies's installer is typically 557.00 KB in size and installs around 206 files. The most common release is 2.5.3.13043_14 with 6.82% of all installations currently using this version.

Samsung Kies is most popular in the United States with 20.62% of installations residing in this country.

Samsung Kies adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Samsung Kies is known to create 4 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:: Kies.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\Kies.exe'.

KiesAgent.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\KiesAgent.exe'.

KiesTrayAgent.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\KiesTrayAgent.exe'.

KiesDriverInstaller.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\KiesDriverInstaller.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:: KiesAgent.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B1FD73C5-0911-4C81-B913-55E2BA9BEAE7}' (runs on registration).

Kies.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{755A239D-9628-40CD-9BF7-065E92775EBE}' (runs on registration).

KiesTrayAgent.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{75217F7B-1CD6-4A14-A5EF-B2F911383F78}' (runs on registration).

KiesSilentUpdateAgent.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CA676C16-8190-488A-800F-E6CA49E542DF}' (runs on registration).

KiesAirMessage.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A38960E9-75F4-4FA5-BBA8-346F0A2E6FF6}' (runs on registration).

KiesDriverInstaller.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FFD165C3-BCFE-4E13-B306-A6E6D1BF66CA}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:: KiesTrayAgent.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 3.

Kies.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 4.

KiesAirMessage.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named KiesAirMessage.
Registry entries:: Kies.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'KiesPreload' and executes as C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\Kies.exe /preload.

KiesTrayAgent.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'KiesTrayAgent' and executes as C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\KiesTrayAgent.exe.

KiesAirMessage.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'KiesAirMessage' and executes as C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\KiesAirMessage.exe -startup.

Software Details

URL:: https://www.samsung.com/us/kies
Support:: –
Installation path:: C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\
Uninstaller:: "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{758C8301-2696-4855-AF45-534B1200980A}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Size:: 557.00 KB
Language:: English

Samsung Kies Executable Details

Primary executable:: Kies.exe
Name:: Samsung Kies
Path:: C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\Kies.exe
MD5:: f5ed26ab8bdd951bfac8bbd0d68ba3e9
SHA-1:: –
SHA-256:: –

Files installed by Samsung Kies

File Type	Filename	MD5
DLL	BackupSYM.dll	566dd5ffb42fa798cfd93350d30bad2a
EXE	ConnectionManager.exe	d450590c1022990deb10ddbdaa4e6cb5
DLL	ConvLunar.dll	2586e8113460e228011e5375836e9ba9
DLL	DataConversion.dll	1cf75ea0573d160e3bdb57c5e43918ef
DLL	DataConversionMDG.dll	4d492798a7101890b0385e996dcf8f72
DLL	DataParser.dll	1a8543d11023554a04f57764e7598332
DLL	DataParserMDG.dll	8496e170fbb9611008bf370babd72cb9
EXE	DeviceManager.exe	b630ed623ab05c7f99fd92c66e136db1
EXE	Kies Registry Patcher v.1.7.0.0.exe	877b8d40ec63729d5a0f37376f2d8d73
DLL	AgentDialogs.dll	327ee331d34f13383dfb176f83db2440

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Popularity

90% of users keep Samsung Kies installed

Overall Rating

Good

Known Versions (51)

2.6.4.17113.1: 0.24%
2.6.4.17103.1: 0.03%
2.6.4.16113.3: 0.77%
2.6.4.16084.2: 0.37%
2.6.4.16061.19: 0.47%
2.6.3.16041.12: 0.34%
2.6.3.16011.2: 0.76%
2.6.3.15075.2: 2.17%
2.6.3.15045.4: 1.60%
2.6.3.15024_5: 0.00%
2.6.3.15024.5: 1.64%
2.6.3.15013.18: 1.50%
2.6.3.14123.5: 1.02%
2.6.3.14074.11: 0.43%
2.6.3.14044_17: 4.09%
2.6.3.14044_16: 2.70%
2.6.3.14044_15: 0.29%
2.6.3.14044.14: 0.22%
2.6.2.14014_7: 5.69%
2.6.2.14014_6: 3.11%
2.6.2.14014_5: 0.53%
2.6.2.14014_4: 0.10%
2.6.1.13105_7: 4.84%
2.6.1.13105_6: 3.29%
2.6.1.13105_5: 0.69%
2.6.0.13091_9: 4.60%
2.6.0.13074_14: 0.67%
2.6.0.13064_2: 5.08%
2.5.3.13052_10: 4.88%
2.5.3.13043_7: 0.00%
2.5.3.13043_14: 6.82%
2.5.3.13043_13: 0.16%
2.5.3.13034_9: 0.29%
2.5.3.13033_7: 0.24%
2.5.2.13021_13: 0.03%
2.5.2.13021_12: 0.01%
2.5.2.13021_11: 2.66%
2.5.2.13021_10: 6.76%
2.5.1.12123_2: 5.57%
2.5.0.12114_1: 1.54%
2.5.0.12104_15: 1.81%
2.5.0.12094_28: 2.33%
2.5.0.12094_27: 0.62%
2.3.3.12085_7: 2.35%
2.3.2.12074_13: 1.34%
2.3.2.12064_9: 0.93%
2.3.2.12064_10: 1.08%
2.3.2.12054_20: 1.06%
2.3.2.12054_19: 0.45%
2.3.2.12054_18: 0.32%
2.3.1.12044_18: 0.54%

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