What is the "dns.exe" ? Variant 13726347

Our database contains 207 different files for filename dns.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dns.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dns.exe. This file belongs to product Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows® and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Domänennamenserver (DNS). This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dns.exe.

Product:: Betriebssystem Microsoft® Windows®
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Domänennamenserver (DNS)
Version:: 5.2.3790.4957
MD5:: 083215694b56fbe41bdccc7e989dcc4e
SHA1:: 097ce6e707b47768ab25a48749e97e2dc3f6ba5b
SHA256:: d76a5b42c8a334b9d7b178904f6f660cd03fe09809df5ee52bd64abc29cf27e0
Size:: 800256
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Server 2003
Occurence:: Low

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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17377799)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Name system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17661433)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Named system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.