What is the "vcredist_x86.exe" ?

Our database contains 136 different files for filename vcredist_x86.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the vcredist_x86.exe then visit General Information Page . This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor . Agregate rating is 5 stars - based on 1 reviews. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process vcredist_x86.exe.
vcredist_x86.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor
Version:
6.0.2900.2180
MD5:
ce2922f83fb4b170affce0ea448b107b
SHA1:
b8fab0bb7f62a24ddfe77b19cd9a1451abd7b847
SHA256:
4ee4da0fe62d5fa1b5e80c6e6d88a4a2f8b3b140c35da51053d0d7b72a381d29
Size:
2707352
Directory:
M:\Adobe\Adobe Audition CS5.6 esp\Adobe Audition CS6\Adobe Audition CS6\payloads\Microsoft VC 2005 Redist (x86)
Operating System:
Windows XP
Discovered:
June 15, 2011
Occurence:
Medium oc1
Digital Signature:
Microsoft Corporation

Demographics distribution

Aproximately 36% of users are in the Vietnam. It is also popular in Germany and Egypt.

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
avast! Internet Security2013-05-02 23:50:54
avast! Antivirus2013-03-31 11:08:25
Panda Cloud Antivirus2013-01-16 15:30:39
Windows Defender2013-01-16 04:02:03
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5.22013-01-09 16:13:58
Kaspersky Internet Security2013-01-07 00:14:04
Norton Internet Security2013-01-05 03:18:24
Microsoft Security Essentials2013-01-05 00:26:28
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 20132013-01-03 12:19:34
AntiVir Desktop2012-12-20 19:48:41
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User Reviews of the "vcredist_x86.exe"

  • SAFErating from user

    MikeOne photo

    Exexcutable for the The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package - You can spot it in different versions depending on the year of distribution (2005, 6, 7, 8, ...) : "The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x86) installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ installed." This file is a setup for this package. E.g. for version 2005 see more on http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3387

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