What is the "msiexec.exe" ? Variant 508276

Our database contains 1418 different files for filename msiexec.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the msiexec.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name msiexec.exe. This file belongs to product Windows Installer - Unicode and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows® installer. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 3 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process msiexec.exe.

msiexec.exe Process
Product:
Windows Installer - Unicode
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows® installer
Version:
4.5.6001.22159
MD5:
7f7bc88c8fb6b52989e0e93084b5e678
SHA1:
8c089d561b19eb14954f56040539c89baed6ebbc
SHA256:
dc521b36ac2daf555a7d81c978e154cab8810adf07714d1071115d3b3da8f638
Size:
95744
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Avira Desktop2016-09-07 21:00:29
Avira Antivirus2016-09-07 21:00:29
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.381.12016-09-03 03:05:12
360 Total Security2016-08-31 06:54:16
Avast Antivirus2016-08-30 16:31:21
ESET Smart Security 5.22016-08-30 09:00:48
avast! Antivirus2016-08-29 14:44:14
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-08-28 03:57:28
Bitdefender Antivirus2016-08-26 07:30:54
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-08-23 21:45:41
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
100% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Our final rating for this file is Safe. Final rating is based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
Filename "msiexec.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.

92% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
8% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "msiexec.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020

  • SAFErating from user sakontwist

  • SAFErating from user UPieper