What is the "paint.exe" ?

Our database contains 16 different files for filename paint.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name paint.exe. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft Windows Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description ??. Agregate rating is 1(1) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process paint.exe.

paint.exe Process

File details of most used file with name "paint.exe"

Product:
Microsoft Windows Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
??
Version:
5.01.0003
MD5:
b46ef9d4238cd5abdfbc276a8146bbd2
SHA1:
5b46546520cefffcb4e7b6e7237937c5e35f5de7
SHA256:
5a96ab137675ff1ed23685e95fed876f4a9aef9f07b19a9cdfab9c466102ce05
Size:
86016
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Low oc0

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

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
Latest new variant of the file with name "paint.exe" was discovered 4250 days ago. Our database contains 1 variants of the file "paint.exe" with final rating Safe and 1 variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "paint.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "paint.exe"

  • THREATrating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\PAINT.EXE (Variant: 8356)

    In origin, this file is Microsoft Paint programm. As one of standard Windows application, it can be a common target for many viruses. In this MD5 version, the file was by most antiviruses marked as Trojan.Win32 virus family. Scan is recommended.