What is the "vcredist_x86.exe" ? Variant 3470734

Our database contains 220 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 . You can also check most distributed file variants with name vcredist_x86.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup. 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 vcredist_x86.exe.

vcredist_x86.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup
Version:
9.0.30729.17
MD5:
5689d43c3b201dd3810fa3bba4a6476a
SHA1:
6939100e397cef26ec22e95e53fcd9fc979b7bc9
SHA256:
41f45a46ee56626ff2699d525bb56a3bb4718c5ca5f4fb5b3b38add64584026b
Size:
4216840
Directory:
%TEMP%
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Medium oc1
Digital Signature:
Microsoft Corporation

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
360 Total Security2016-06-29 22:18:22
avast! Antivirus2016-02-13 02:27:27
Avira Desktop2015-03-17 20:22:26
ESET Smart Security 8.02015-01-11 01:29:57
Kaspersky Small Office Security 32014-11-15 23:14:03
Windows Defender2014-11-06 14:15:06
Norton Security Suite2014-09-01 00:10:11
Microsoft Security Essentials2014-06-19 15:24:54
Bitdefender Antivirus2014-06-03 19:29:23
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User Reviews of the "vcredist_x86.exe"

  • SAFErating from user MikeOne for file %TEMP%\{F706CDC8-41EE-433E-B972-24D9550B4A6A}\Disk1\ISSetupPrerequisites\{0BE9572E-8558-404f-B0A5-8C347D145655}\vcredist_x86.exe (Variant: 13928089)

    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