What is the "perfmon.exe" ? Variant 17502619

Our database contains 78 different files for filename perfmon.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the perfmon.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name perfmon.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Resource and Performance Monitor. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process perfmon.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Resource and Performance Monitor
Version:: 6.1.7601.17514
MD5:: 3eb98cff1c242167df5fdbc6441ce3c5
SHA1:: 730b27a1c92e8df1e60db5a6fc69ea1b24f68a69
SHA256:: 6d8d5a244bb5a23c95653853fec3d04d2bdd2df5cff8cffb9848bddeb6adb081
Size:: 172544
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows XP
Occurence:: High

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
AVG Internet Security	2016-09-06 11:41:39
G DATA INTERNET SECURITY	2016-09-04 17:55:16
IObit Malware Fighter	2016-09-04 10:02:34
Avast Antivirus	2016-09-04 10:02:01
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.386.1	2016-09-03 14:02:47
Bitdefender Antivirus	2016-09-03 06:07:35
Avira Antivirus	2016-09-03 02:19:52
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.402.1	2016-09-02 01:53:02
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 9.0.318.24	2016-09-01 20:45:05
ESET Smart Security 9.0.402.1	2016-09-01 09:32:37

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

SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\perfmon.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\perfmon.exe (Variant: 283389)
If this file comes from Microsoft Windows, it is the Resource and Performance Monitor - a monitor of system resources, which gives the user a global information about CPU and system resources. In fact there are two utilities together - Performance Monitor and Resource Monitor. This executable is located in both \System32\perfmon.exe and \SysWOW64\perfmon.exe executables. As the context help for this utility says :
"You can use Performance Monitor to view performance data either in real time or from a log file."
"The new Resource Monitor lets you view detailed real-time information about hardware resources (CPU, disk, network, and memory) and system resources (including handles and modules) in use by the operating system, services, and running applications."
SAFErating from user sukegawa for file C:\Windows\System32\perfmon.exe