What is the "rundll32.exe" ? Variant 10115966

Our database contains 2924 different files for filename rundll32.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the rundll32.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name rundll32.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows host process (Rundll32). Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 1 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process rundll32.exe.

rundll32.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows host process (Rundll32)
Version:
6.2.8400.0
MD5:
9a5f7e97c369e91b712795f30f60cd44
SHA1:
a7e6a8595c798da37a1111347a737e73bc63c191
SHA256:
b3959941a41cd2fe30b2f252fbe77bcc08859f7efdb7742bb935132697d94680
Size:
48640
Directory:
C:\Windows\SysWOW64
Operating System:
Windows 8
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
G Data InternetSecurity CBE2014-12-19 19:41:09
Windows Defender2014-12-15 18:11:19
Avira Desktop2014-05-18 16:56:02
AVG AntiVirus 20132014-03-06 03:25:50
Norton 3602013-11-27 14:43:39
AVG Internet Security 20132013-01-18 12:26:44
avast! Antivirus2013-01-12 22:06:37
Advanced SystemCare Ultimate2013-01-05 16:30:57
avast! Internet Security2012-12-26 12:10:05
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 20132012-12-18 14:51:55
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "rundll32.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 "rundll32.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.

96% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
4% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "rundll32.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne (Variant: 10115966)

    "Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) contains two command-line utility programs named Rundll.exe and Rundll32.exe that allow you to invoke a function exported from a DLL, either 16-bit or 32-bit. However, Rundll and Rundll32 programs do not allow you to call any exported function from any DLL..." - see the basics about this executable on Windows pages on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164787