What is the "dns.exe" ? Variant 658260

Our database contains 207 different files for filename dns.exe but this page contains information about single file with specific attributes. If you want to see general information about the dns.exe then visit General Information Page . You can also check most distributed file variants with name dns.exe. This file belongs to product Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and was developed by company Microsoft Corporation. This file has description Domain Name System (DNS) Server. This is executable file. You can find it running in Task Manager as the process dns.exe.

Product:: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company:: Microsoft Corporation
Description:: Domain Name System (DNS) Server
Version:: 6.0.6002.18005
MD5:: 44d74283435480a172a440c020701671
SHA1:: 194e231596d7e5cd3f511c67430389ce40398603
SHA256:: f09219fc0218ee63a3971964a31edac1136e7f5f6ee931fe0559b9ae3fc5a4c7
Size:: 639488
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Vista
Occurence:: Low

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SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17377799)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Name system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.
SAFErating from user MikeOne for file C:\Windows\System32\dns.exe (Variant: 17661433)
This file is the main excutable for DNSProxy application - generally speaking DNS proxy is a software acting as a middle body between the user's computer (client) and target computer (server), translates the requests from client to server and reads and translates the response (check more about Proxy server functionalities on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server) - where the DNS stands for Domain Named system : this executable works as a proxy translator of the DNS queries through the proxy.