System Explorer > File Database > wininit.exe > Variant 12228899

What is the "wininit.exe" ?

Our database contains 155 different files for filename wininit.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the wininit.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 Windows Start-Up Application. Agregate rating is 5 stars - based on 1 reviews. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process wininit.exe.
wininit.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows Start-Up Application
Version:
6.2.9200.16384
MD5:
fe9ab232b56a12224e8a3f3f9878c9a3
SHA1:
8f152a58e9dac43e3f9323597552bc569fa6cde5
SHA256:
09326e764daf190d1a888e6e4786fae471ef93befb03abb405357f6ded5f9abc
Size:
132608
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 8
Discovered:
August 3, 2012
Occurence:
High oc2

Demographics distribution

Aproximately 28% of users are in the Germany. It is also popular in Russian Federation and United States of America.

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
AVG Internet Security 20132013-05-22 06:34:18
Windows Defender2013-05-22 05:57:15
Kaspersky Internet Security2013-05-22 03:06:14
Norton 3602013-05-22 02:50:35
COMODO Antivirus2013-05-22 01:51:41
avast! Antivirus2013-05-22 00:42:22
Norton Internet Security Online2013-05-21 23:21:48
Avira Desktop2013-05-21 20:10:47
ESET Smart Security 6.02013-05-21 19:55:54
Norton Internet Security2013-05-21 19:52:31
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database. For global statistics visit our Antivirus Usage Statistics .

Is the Process "wininit.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 "wininit.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 "wininit.exe"

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    Windows 8 version of Windows Start-Up Application

    (id: 12228899)