What is the "dwm.exe" ? Variant 502246

Our database contains 886 different files for filename dwm.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dwm.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dwm.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Desktop Window Manager. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dwm.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Desktop Window Manager
Version:: 6.0.6002.18005
MD5:: 449f5ab17863698f12f0bc8e99079aa6
SHA1:: 2bc9b05231659b49d6d719ebeeacd1f696c33c8e
SHA256:: c60901949b91d3b129ff8550f934970cb0f6758c135ab41f81a8524cbc1299ab
Size:: 98304
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Norton AntiVirus Online	2016-09-07 09:11:23
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-05 20:19:24
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0	2016-09-04 06:31:58
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-09-03 10:05:10
Norton Security	2016-09-02 12:14:58
Symantec Endpoint Protection	2016-08-30 01:56:02
PC Tools Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus	2016-08-27 19:57:08
Norton Internet Security	2016-08-24 18:13:40

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Is the Process "dwm.exe" Safe or Threat ?

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Reviews of all dwm.exe variants

Reviews for different files with filename "C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe"

SAFErating from user Fedor for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
SAFErating from user MIKLO for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe (Variant: 14377294)
This is usually a safe file, but as always any file can be made into malware so use caution and scan your computer on a regular basis. Good luck and happy net surfing. MIKLO
SAFErating from user tottili for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
SAFErating from user S for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe (Variant: 19591652)
dwm.exe is in most cases the Desktop Windows Manager for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and higher which provides support for Windows Aero graphics interface and visual themes. Technical description how the Desktop Windows Manager works can be found at wikipedia's article Desktop Window Manager. The Microsoft's description of this functionality can be found here : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa969540(v=vs.85).aspx