What is the "dns.exe" ? Variant 746149

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:: 5.2.3790.1830
MD5:: 6613f9d57944d09f248fe3b3850ec6ae
SHA1:: 3d6982e2f15f08830b85d2c745290a9f42618fa7
SHA256:: 4fd3ccfca5e225cd155805afd05d6001d09bc6c538b25ccd91cb0b10d5c2f6ed
Size:: 442880
Directory:: C:\Windows\System32
Operating System:: Windows Server 2003
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.