What is the "msdtc.exe" ? Variant 153

Our database contains 574 different files for filename msdtc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the msdtc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name msdtc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description MS DTC console program. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process msdtc.exe.

Product:: Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: MS DTC console program
Version:: 2001.12.4414.700
MD5:: 21ea21984d7d1ad50db2e627020ab14c
SHA1:: 6790fd104892ef41d8171dbfa4345e4d55c41f84
SHA256:: 5f0ba1973b30ccee1fed562ba47b2f5e03a7f0edb1a24200f2b14fe562d021a3
Size:: 6144
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: Medium

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Avira Desktop	2015-10-26 16:55:30
avast! Antivirus	2015-05-30 22:29:14
Panda Cloud Antivirus	2015-01-19 18:18:32
COMODO Antivirus	2014-10-16 16:20:17
ThreatFire	2014-09-07 00:14:37
AVG Internet Security Business Edition	2014-08-19 08:23:23
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 2014	2014-08-08 18:40:05
Kaspersky Small Office Security	2014-04-28 11:14:05
Microsoft Security Essentials	2014-02-25 19:51:50
Computer Security	2014-01-24 15:24:11

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Filename "msdtc.exe" is used by Microsoft Windows System files. Many threats uses filenames of System Processes to camouflage itself. You should consider suspected any file which uses system filename and is not stored in system directory or has invalid file version information. Correct system file contains full file version information from Microsoft.

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SAFErating from user TheDutchJewel (Variant: 153)
msdtc.exe is the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator. The process is loaded into the system by Microsoft Personal Web Server and Microsoft SQL Server. The service is used to manage transactions across multiple servers. Source: http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/msdtc/ See also: http://www.tech-faq.com/msdtc.shtml

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

SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (Variant: 34888266)
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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (Variant: 25944315)
This file is the main executable for the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service. As can be found on MSDN pages:
"The Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) is a transaction manager that allows client applications to include several different sources of data in one transaction. MS DTC coordinates committing the distributed transaction across all the servers enlisted in the transaction."
Check the MS DTC Service pages at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174499(v=sql.80).aspx and related problems at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa561924.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/b/distributedservices/archive/2012/01/16/how-to-configure-the-msdtc-service-to-listen-on-a-specific-rpc-server-port.aspx
SAFErating from user M0B33R for file C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (Variant: 502110)
It's Microsoft.