What is the "wmiprvse.exe" ? Variant 13469759

Our database contains 1788 different files for filename wmiprvse.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the wmiprvse.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name wmiprvse.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description WMI Provider Host. 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 wmiprvse.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: WMI Provider Host
Version:: 6.2.9200.16398
MD5:: 1951c6f1e53079f6b29ecff77eaf9403
SHA1:: 82ad7b602b1c17932234dea891fc8b61705fd0ba
SHA256:: 1f9d236880f9ba65c96ad54fa1fa7454e798c969c69fad86d8fda14edc46980e
Size:: 328704
Directory:: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem
Operating System:: Windows 7
Occurence:: High

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This file was checked and tolerated by following antivirus shields :

Antivirus Name	Latest Toleration
Symantec Endpoint Protection	2016-09-07 05:32:02
Kaspersky Free	2016-09-06 07:16:20
G DATA INTERNET SECURITY	2016-09-04 16:33:14
Norton Internet Security	2016-09-02 16:25:03
Avira Antivirus	2016-08-31 13:30:12
avast! Antivirus	2016-08-27 16:15:29
Microsoft Security Essentials	2016-08-27 12:25:31
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition	2016-08-23 18:31:49
System Center Endpoint Protection	2016-07-25 16:28:49
ESET Smart Security 9.0.377.0	2016-07-22 23:36:11

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SAFErating from user Sabrina01 for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 40508439)
"SySWoW64" is not the name of "World of "Warcraft" - it's "Windows on Windows".
SAFErating from user Saturno70 for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 37152772)
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SAFErating from user Mikel for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmiprvse.exe
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wbem\wmiprvse.exe (Variant: 19432721)
The wmiprvse.exe file is otherwise known as Windows Management Instrumentation. It is a Microsoft Windows-based component that provides control and information about management in an enterprise environment. Check the info for Windows Management Instrumentation overview on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736575(v=ws.10).aspx
Generally speaking, Windows Management Instrumentation is a MS Windows OS component that provides management information and control in an enterprise environment. Most of developpers can use WMI to create event monitoring applications that can alert users when important incidents occur - e.g. check the WMI Browser sheet in the SE application with help for it on http://systemexplorer.net/onlinehelp.php?t=wmi.
Previously in older versions, MS Windows providers were loaded in-process with the Windows Management service (WinMgmt.exe). This service was running under the LocalSystem security account. If there was a failure of the provider, such failure caused the entire WMI service to fail and then the next request to WMI restarted the service. Beginning with Windows XP, WMI resides in a shared service host with several other services. To avoid stopping all the services when a provider fails, providers are loaded into a separate host process named Wmiprvse.exe.
Multiple instances of Wmiprvse.exe can run at the same time under different accounts: LocalSystem, NetworkService or LocalService. The WMI core WinMgmt.exe is loaded into the shared Local Service host named Svchost.exe.