What is the "winlogon.exe" ? Variant 594962

Our database contains 3174 different files for filename winlogon.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the winlogon.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name winlogon.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Windows NT Logon Application. 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 winlogon.exe.

winlogon.exe Process
Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Windows NT Logon Application
Version:
5.1.2600.5743
MD5:
fc745b49f2691492d18185fd89c00822
SHA1:
2291ed79fed33e0d53af6d7dacd2666e900d3fd2
SHA256:
e0f5e126b3544034df631219b4efa3aba155ad6178df02acd1254e6e15e78280
Size:
509440
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows XP
Occurence:
Medium oc1

System Explorer Community Antivirus Report

This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :
Antivirus NameLatest Toleration
avast! Antivirus2015-12-23 20:44:41
AVG Internet Security 20152015-06-11 12:10:01
Microsoft Security Essentials2015-05-09 21:44:36
Avira Desktop2015-02-03 11:26:52
ESET Smart Security 8.02015-01-15 21:05:00
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition 20142014-10-07 12:21:53
McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware2014-09-15 15:28:12
Emsisoft Anti-Malware2014-03-23 06:48:25
ESET Endpoint Antivirus 5.02013-12-20 14:26:58
Computer Security2013-10-07 04:41:22
Antivirus shields were enabled and have latest antivirus database.

Is the Process "winlogon.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 "winlogon.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.

96% of reviewed files with different MD5 are marked as Safe .
68% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Safe .
32% of reviewed files with different MD5 located in different directory are marked as Threat .

User Reviews of the "winlogon.exe"

  • SAFErating from user loveboy_lion