What is the "sppsvc.exe" ? Variant 7189177

Our database contains 535 different files for filename sppsvc.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the sppsvc.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name sppsvc.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process sppsvc.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service
Version:: 6.1.7600.16385
MD5:: b4abc0dbb2de7fcc403ee02c7535aeda
SHA1:: 489521d6bde0cba7622352b782bef74646d4e528
SHA256:: db0c31e9f379a1de64f71cc168b6b6b58d14ab4ab0fd82870e5106f64473b1c3
Size:: 3524608
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: Low

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Norton Internet Security	2015-04-16 21:50:21
avast! Antivirus	2015-04-12 16:52:13

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