What is the "msdtc.exe" ? Variant 317296

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. 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:: a1d2e6dd4fc0c9a4208717b11e0ca79c
SHA1:: 456db68dd042468b8f0b861e437442c84a2ffdf4
SHA256:: bba77ee1b7d4104a75c799cee1b0bf7cd4336a5ab38218d8e2b401024c7b35c4
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
Baidu Antivirus	2014-11-13 08:57:13
Avira Desktop	2014-11-13 08:57:13
COMODO Antivirus	2014-05-21 20:50:00
avast! Antivirus	2013-02-18 12:08:09

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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.