What is the "msdtc.exe" ? Variant 36256

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:: 456213d53cd1c17f85dfe7bc1b3bf965
SHA1:: 027cde3a23a9624002b94f681294708503a85bc5
SHA256:: 17d413066eb75d734751065faa3b123205734587bee641b4216b4e127bb082be
Size:: 30720
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
G Data InternetSecurity CBE	2015-03-16 18:57:29
Bitdefender Virenschutz	2013-03-14 13:31:25
Norton Internet Security CBE	2013-01-24 15:53:14
Norton 360 Online	2013-01-10 01:11:10
Norton Internet Security	2012-12-28 20:10:07

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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.