What is the "PWMDBSVC.exe" process on windows 7? Is the "PWMDBSVC.exe" process a virus? Can I terminate the "PWMDBSVC.exe" process?

"PWMDBSVC.exe" process represents "Power Manager Dynamic Brightness Control Service" program.

"PWMDBSVC.exe" process is normally running under the parent process "services" as shown in the process tree below:

Boot
   wininit
      services
         PWMDBSVC

On the Processes tab of "Task Manager", "PWMDBSVC.exe" process may be listed as:

Image Name                 Memory   Description
--------------------   ----------   -----------
PWMDBSVC.exe              7,256 K   Power Manager Dynamic Brightness Control Service

Additional information about "PWMDBSVC.exe" process:

Command line:
   "C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMDBSVC.EXE"

Programe file information:
   Name: PWMDBSVC.exe
   Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMDBSVC.EXE
   Description: Power Manager Dynamic Brightness Control Service
   Version: 1.0.0.1
   Size: 1668808 bytes
   Last modified: 10/19/2015 5:08:00 PM
   Company Name: Lenovo
   
Some data files used:
C:\Windows
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\setupapi.dll.mui

Some registry keys used:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Sorting\Versions
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SESSION MANAGER
HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\CustomLocale
HKCR\AppID\{2C0127F4-ED06-41A8-8E42-487E0D14B270}
HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International

Some DLL libraries used:
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64win.dll
C:\windows\SYSTEM32\wow64cpu.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMDBSVC.EXE
C:\windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\USER32.dll
C:\windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll

"PWMDBSVC.exe" process is not a virus. You should not terminate "PWMDBSVC.exe" process.

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