What is the "sppsvc.exe" ?

Our database contains 535 different files for filename sppsvc.exe . You can also check most distributed file variants with name sppsvc.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 Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 21 reviews.This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process sppsvc.exe.

This executable is part of the Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service - anti-piracy security check utility, which is activated for licensing check after starting any Office application.

"This application is part of innovative set of technologies included from Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn.” The technologies are aimed at helping prevent piracy and protect customers from software tampering while making licensing easier to manage. Collectively termed the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, the new technologies introduce improvements in how Microsoft software activates, is validated online and behaves when tampering or hacking is detected."

This functionality can be disabled, but in such case the licencing should not behave correctly (check more on http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/38979-Disable-SPP-Software-Protection-Platform-!) Background information for this functionality can be found on Microsoft's bulletin : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2006/oct06/10-04softwareprotection.aspx

In case this platform is running constantly also after the licence check has finished, check this article : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/f1a1cc72-d835-4d1d-8fa5-0c0d298fe4bc/why-does-office-software-protection-platform-service-continue-to-run-after-completing-a-licensing

sppsvc.exe Process

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

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
e17e0188bb90fae42d83e98707efa59c
SHA1:
c5b437f3965c01936046f9bf7c853f8e363c12ad
SHA256:
fc075f7b39e86cc8ef6da4e339fe946917e319c347ac70fb0c50aaf36f97e27f
Size:
3524608
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

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

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82% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
18% of reviewed files are marked as Threat .
18% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "sppsvc.exe" was discovered 4037 days ago. Our database contains 38 variants of the file "sppsvc.exe" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.
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Filename "sppsvc.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.

User Reviews of the "sppsvc.exe"

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Reviews for all files with name "sppsvc.exe"

  • SAFErating from user Mindconnect2020 for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 43389459)

    Windows [10] - internal background-service for self-protection. Not always active.

  • THREATrating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 547275)

    nagyon lassu a gép

  • SAFErating from user Alex for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user alexsu4236 for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user Safe for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • THREATrating from user EverBlack for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exeflag ru

  • SAFErating from user Tim for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user a for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user loki for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 97845)

    This executable is part of the Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service - anti-piracy security check utility, which is activated for licensing check after starting any Office application.
    "This application is part of innovative set of technologies included from Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn.” The technologies are aimed at helping prevent piracy and protect customers from software tampering while making licensing easier to manage. Collectively termed the Microsoft Software Protection Platform, the new technologies introduce improvements in how Microsoft software activates, is validated online and behaves when tampering or hacking is detected."
    This functionality can be disabled, but in such case the licencing should not behave correctly (check more on http://forums.mydigitallife.inf o/threads/38979-Disable-SPP-Software-Protection-Platform-!)
    Background information for this functionality can be found on Microsoft's bulletin : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2006/oct06/10-04softwareprotection.aspx
     In case this platform is running constantly also after the licence check has finished, check this article : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/f1a1cc72-d835-4d1d-8fa5-0c0d298fe4bc/why-does-office-software-protection-platform-service-continue-to-run-after-completing-a-licensing

  • SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user 2472567@mail.ru for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user craigun for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user UPieper for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe (Variant: 33736)

    This file is part of the part of Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service, more info on www.microsoft.com

  • SAFErating from user Admin for file C:\Windows\System32\sppsvc.exe