What is the "advapi32.dll" ?

Our database contains 921 different files for filename advapi32.dll . You can also check most distributed file variants with name advapi32.dll. This files most often belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. and were most often developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This files most often have description Advanced Windows 32 Base API. Agregate rating is 5(5) stars - based on 5 reviews.This file is Dynamic-link Library. This library can be loaded and executed in any running process.

advapi32.dll Library

File details of most used file with name "advapi32.dll"

Product:
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Description:
Advanced Windows 32 Base API
Version:
6.1.7601.17514
MD5:
95e2376b3323f062eb562b8586d0f14a
SHA1:
453d4c3bf4a489433b593420a37bbffb7749875a
SHA256:
bd3fa8750123d00aa0967fba44372c46ea002681da9c9b77a4f9261553e26017
Size:
640512
Directory:
C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:
Windows 7
Occurence:
High oc2

Is the library "advapi32.dll" Safe or Threat ?

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100% of reviewed files are marked as Safe .
50% of reviewed files are marked as System file.
Latest new variant of the file with name "advapi32.dll" was discovered 4349 days ago. Our database contains 234 variants of the file "advapi32.dll" with final rating Safe and zero variants with final rating Threat . Final ratings are based on file reviews, discovered date, users occurence and antivirus scan results.

User Reviews of the "advapi32.dll"

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Reviews for all files with name "advapi32.dll"

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll (Variant: 503273)

    A part of Windows Server 2008 R2.

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\System32\ADVAPI32.dll (Variant: 583411)

    Windows Server 2003 R2.

  • SAFErating from user kajmik for file C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll (Variant: 503273)

    A part of Windows 7 64bit.

  • SAFErating from user Don't PlaY for file C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll (Variant: 503273)

    advapi32.dll is a part of an advanced API services library supporting numerous APIs including many security and registry calls. It is a non essential process however it should not be removed if not causing any problems. advapi32.dll is a system process that is needed for your Windows system to work properly. It should not be removed

  • SAFErating from user Don't PlaY for file C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll