What is the "wininit.exe" ? Variant 528934

Our database contains 368 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 . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wininit.exe. 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(5) stars - based on 5 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:
6.1.7600.16385
MD5:
b5c5dcad3899512020d135600129d665
SHA1:
c7bba9840c44e7739fb314b7a3efe30e6b25cc48
SHA256:
f6b4d18fa0d3c4958711ac0d476c21a6fdf2897f989a0ad290b43f463dd8b5b0
Size:
96256
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows Vista
Occurence:
High oc2

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
Microsoft Security Essentials2016-09-07 23:43:34
avast! Antivirus2016-09-07 23:32:47
Ad-Aware Antivirus2016-09-07 23:04:28
Avast Antivirus2016-09-07 22:38:09
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition2016-09-07 22:30:40
360 Total Security2016-09-07 21:55:44
ESET Smart Security 9.0.349.02016-09-07 21:48:51
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 8.02016-09-07 21:37:24
Panda Antivirus Pro 20162016-09-07 21:36:43
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.22016-09-07 21:07:24
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

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

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User Reviews of the "wininit.exe"

  • SAFErating from user rovihegran for file C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exeflag es

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

  • SAFErating from user ramses for file C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe

  • SAFErating from user Moraxv for file C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe (Variant: 500665)

    "wininit.exe" file was made by Microsoft and is core system process. The file was created to allow to run and process commands stored in the file WinInit.ini while the computer is still booting.